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

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Waddell[wɔ'del]
Doreen['dɔ:ri:n]
Garden-Basque
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Gaylord['geiləd]