flash in the pan

基本解释

Are we passers-by in the life of each other?Is our love bound to be a flash-in-the-pan?
難道你我真的是生命中的過客，在生命中曇花一現嗎？
They're trying to determine whether netbooks represent a new category of low-cost computers ideally suited for these times — or a flash-in-the-pan.
他們試圖弄明白無線筆記本市場是描繪了一個低成本電腦引領的時代還是衹是曇花一現。
You know, Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, the Marx brothers – they knew what they were doing, they weren't flash-in-the-pan overnight successes.
你知道，查理·卓別林（Charlie Chaplin）、巴斯特·基頓（Buster Keaton）、馬尅斯兄弟（Marx brot）——他們知道自己在做什麽，他們不是在一夜成名後曇花一現。

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But this kid's no flash-in-the-pan.
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