nine-day wonder



nine-day wonder

A person or thing that generates interest for only a short amount of time. The band's biggest fear was becoming a nine-day wonder, soon to be forgotten when the next big sound hit the airwaves.
See also: wonder

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Dagon-Near Eastern Mythology
Shields['ʃi:ldz]
Gerd (1)GERT (German), KHERT (Dutch)German, Dutch
Estellaes-TEL-əEnglish
Raphaelra-fa-EL (French), RAF-ee-el (English), RAY-fee-əl (English)German, French, English, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Cveta-Serbian