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
GwendolineGWEN-də-lien (English), GWEN-də-leen (English)Welsh, English (British), French
Balls[bɔ:ls]
Rhonwen-Welsh
MarthaMAHR-thə (English)English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, German, Greek, Biblical, Old Church Slavic, Biblical Lat
DylanDUL-an (Welsh), DIL-ən (English)Welsh, English, Welsh Mythology
Atherton['æθətən]