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
Zachariah[.zækə'raiə]
Chester['tʃestə]
Silvija-Croatian, Slovene
&Thorn;RÓNdr-Ancient Scandinavian
Timothei-Old Church Slavic
Qadir-Arabic