Meaning

1 senses
  1. To produce no humour, inspiration, etc.

    The prop comedy in Las Vegas fell flat.

    verpuffen, scheitern

More definitions
  • fail utterly; collapse

Examples

22 sentences
  1. He fell flat on the floor.

    ruОн упал плашмя на пол. — Biga

    deEr fiel flach auf den Boden. — Melang

  2. Tom fell flat on the floor.

    ruТом плашмя упал на пол. — marafon

    deTom fiel flach auf den Bauch. — raggione

  3. Tom fell flat on his face.

    ruТом упал плашмя лицом вниз. — sharptoothed

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  4. Tom stumbled and fell flat on his face.

    ruТом споткнулся и упал плашмя. — marafon

    deTom stolperte und fiel auf die Nase. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. The joke fell flat.

    Жарт ніхто не зрозумів. — deniko

    ruШутка провалилась. — odexed

    deDer Witz war ein Rohrkrepierer. — Sudajaengi

Translations

3 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to produce no effect; to fail in the intended effect:

Forms

falls flat, falling flat, fell flat, fallen flat
Base formfall flat · to fall flat
3rd person singularfalls flat
Present participlefalling flat
Past simplefell flat
Past participlefallen flat

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfall flat
he, she, itfalls flat

Past simpleLesson

all personsfell flat

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave fallen flat
he, she, ithas fallen flat

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill fall flat

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

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