be a nine days' wonder
UK old-fashionedto be a cause of great excitement or interest for a short time but then quickly forgotten
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Temporary
- a flash in the pan idiom
- acting
- casual
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- flash
- fleeting
- here today, gone tomorrow idiom
- impermanent
- interim
- makeshift
- moment
- nine
- pop up
- scratch
- short-lived
- short-term
- sticking plaster
- stopgap
- temporary
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