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?
难道你我真的是生命中的过客，在生命中昙花一现吗？
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.
他们试图弄明白无线笔记本市场是描绘了一个低成本电脑引领的时代还是只是昙花一现。
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·卓别林（Charlie Chaplin）、巴斯特·基顿（Buster Keaton）、马克斯兄弟（Marx brot）——他们知道自己在做什么，他们不是在一夜成名后昙花一现。

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