昙花一现（指开始预料取得重大成功，结果失败）；淘金盆里的反光（形容空欢喜一场，好景不长）

[体]昙花一现人物

a flash in the pan───昙花一现

late in the day───在那天稍晚些时候；为时太晚，失时机

place in the sun───好的境遇；有太阳的地方

back in the day───在当时……；黄金年代（歌曲名）

live in the past───因循守旧；按旧章程办事

put on the pan───n.责备，严厉批评

a place in the sun───显要的地位

a walk in the park───在公园里散步

kick in the pants───踢屁股

Music is my life, but I don't want to be a flash in the pan.───音乐是我生命, 但是我想昙花一现.

The new author's first book got a lot of praise from critics, but he turned out to be a flash in the pan because his other books were terrible.───作家的第一本书一鸣惊人，可这只是昙花一现，因为他后来写的几本书都很差。

He did write a wonderful book, but it was just a flash in the pan.───他是写出了一部佳作, 可是那只是昙花一现.

It is just a flash in the pan and mare nest.───只是昙花一现,海市蜃楼而已.

That singer was only a flash in the pan. He after having made two records.───那个歌星也只是昙花一现,出了两张唱片就销声匿迹了.

Viewed from the perspective of history, life is but a flash in the pan.───从历史的角度视之, 生命不过是昙花一现而已.

Oil Price Drop: A Flash In The Pan Or Current Reversion?───油价下跌: 昙花一现还是趋势反转?

People will be looking in to see how good we are now and whether our success has just been a flash in the pan.───人们会来看看我们现在有多成功，看看我们的成功是否只是昙花一现。

That singer can't last. He's a flash in the pan.───那歌手不能持久, 他只是昙花一现.

That brilliant poem he wrote when young was a mere flash in the pan.───他年青时写的那首辉煌的诗,只是昙花一现而已.

Again love the United States is only a flash in the pan.───再美的爱情也只是稍纵即逝.

Her success as an actress in the show business was only a flash in the pan.───作为演员,在演艺界的成功只是昙花一现.她的余生默默无闻.

Don't count him. You know him. His determination is always a flash in the pan.───别把他算进去. 你还不了解他吗. 他的决心持续不了三分钟.

We'll have to see if this effort really does take off or whether it's just another flash in the pan.───我们会看到这一行为究竟是真的能发挥作用呢，还只是又一个昙花一现罢了。

There is no flash in the pan.───情况并未发生逆转.

The low inflation rate will be no flash in the pan.───低通货膨胀率不会只是昙花一现.

Beautiful is not a flash in the pan, but anyone outside!───漂亮并不是昙花一现, 而是内外如一!

The singer was just another flash in the pan who dropped out of sight after one hit record.───那个歌手也是昙花一现，只出了一张流行唱片就默默无闻了。