nine-day wonder
Something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandonedSomething that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)Something that generates interest for a limited time and is then abandoned.
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Translations
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Origin
From nine + day + wonder (“something that causes amazement or awe”). References to a perioFrom nine + day + wonder (“something that causes amazement or awe”). References to a period of nine days or nights to describe the length of a short-lived fad date from as early as the 14th century; see, for instance, Troilus and Criseyde (c. 1380s) by the English poet Geoffrey Chaucer (c. 1340s – 1400; spelling modernized): “Ek [besides] wonder last but nine days never in town”.
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Forms
plural: nine-day wondersSynonyms
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