a nine days' wonder

【字面理解】持续九天的奇迹

【英文解析】a person or thing that attracts a lot of attention, but only for a short time

【中文解析】昙花一现;轰动一时的人(或事物)

【典型例句】① The satellite that landed in their garden made the family a bit of a nine days’ wonder, but no one remembers their name now.这家人因卫星落在家中花园里而 轰动一时，不过现在已没人记得他们的名字了。

② As a pop star she was a nine days' wonder. She only made one successful record.她是个罢花一现的歌手，只录制 过一张受欢迎的唱片。.

【注释】该短语出自谚语“A wonder lasts but 9 days”，最 早见于英国诗人杰弗里乔叟(Geoffrey Chaucer)的 《特罗伊拉斯和克莱西德》(Troilus and Criseyde) For wonder last but nine nights never in town。(什么事 都新鮮不了九天。)