flash in the pan

基本解釋

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(xiàn)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(lǐng)的時代還是衹是曇花一現(xiàn)。
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麼，他們不是在一夜成名後曇花一現(xiàn)。

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