"A FLASH IN THE PAN"
You can say something or someone is a flash in the pan if they're popular or effective for a short time only.
Example: Dave says he doesn't mind being called a flash in the pan because he still gets money for the book he wrote, even though he never wrote another one.
Flor de un día / Un fiasco
Example sentences:
- After four weeks of rain we had a sunny morning yesterday, but it turned out to be just a flash in the pan / Luego de cuatro semanas de lluvia, ayer tuvimos una mañana soleada, pero resultó ser un fiasco.
- Her first song was a big hit, but when Debbie's next song didn't do so well people started calling her a flash in the pan / Su primera canción fue un gran éxito, pero cuando la siguiente canción de Debbie no estuvo tan buena la gente comenzó a llamarla flor de un día.
Additional examples:
- The company hopes that their new computer game won't just be a flash in the pan, but that it'll be popular for a long time.
- I'm afraid that my success as a painter was just a flash in the pan.
- Tom had hoped to be a major film star, but his career was only a flash in the pan.
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