Something or someone getting success for a brief time, a person failed to maintain his earlier reputation
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- This expression originated from a flintlock musket gun which was quite popular in 17th century. On pulling the trigger of the gun, a spark was produced which was thought to explode gun powder in a small pan and eventually causing main explosion. But it happened sometimes that only a flash was observed in the pan but no great bang. Today the expression is used for a person showing earlier commitment “spark” but who fails to meet his own standard “explosion”.
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Everyone thought that Samuel will be a super star, but his performance was just a flash in the pan.
Submitted on February 25, 2019
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