boom or bust

Resulting in an outcome that will either be very good or very bad. Many professional athletes face a boom or bust situation early in their career, where they are either drafted to a professional league or don't advance at all. Working in the oil fields is always boom or bust: there's either lots of work for everyone, or hardly any work for anyone.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jeanette	[dʒə'net]
Virgilio	veer-JEE-lyo (Italian), beer-KHEE-lyo (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Samppa	SAHMP-pah	Finnish
Jouni	YO-oo-nee	Finnish
Putnam	['pʌtnəm]
Rayno	-	Bulgarian