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Definition of Flash in the pan
1. Noun. Someone who enjoys transient success but then fails.
Definition of Flash in the pan
1. Noun. (idiomatic) A transient occurrence with no long-term effect. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) A career notable for early success not followed by significant accomplishment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flash In The Pan
Literary usage of Flash in the pan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chapters of Opera: Being Historical and Critical Observations and Records by Henry Edward Krehbiel (1908)
"... "QUEEN OF SHEBA"—FIRST PERFORMANCE OF WAGNER'S " MEISTER- SINGER "—PATTI IN
CONCERT AND OPERA—A flash in the pan AT THE ACADEMY OF MUSIC—THE TRANSFORMED ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1821)
"... with its master, Lieutenant Abraham Flash-in-the-pan. (I couid give the
genealogy of this illustrious animal, for the benefit of my ..."
3. The General Stud-book, Containing Pedigrees of Race Horses, &c. &c. from the (1893)
"... in 1886, her dam, Epidemic, by Flash in the Pan, ont of La Quarantaine, by
Contran (son of Fitz Gladiator). 1891 bc Catchit. by Banneret (son of ..."
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