nine days wonder


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nine′ days'` won′der


n.
someone or something that arouses short-lived interest.
[1585–95]
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Some letter writers might have scoffed at our correspondent's prediction because a few days later the Echo announced that "radio is not, as some doubters seem to think, a nine days wonder".
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