the bubble bursts



the bubble bursts

a very happy or successful period of time suddenly ends (usually in past tenses) The economy was booming, then the bubble burst with the stockmarket crash of October 1987.
See also: bubble, burst

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Alexius-Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Dorin-Romanian
Baird[bɛəd]
Odharnait-Irish
MichaelMIE-kəl (English), MI-khah-el (German), MEE-kah-el (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Kotoneko-to-neJapanese