a flash in the pan

It would all be a flash in the pan but for that.

And he is determined to be something other than a flash in the pan.

It may be a flash in the pan; no one can tell at this point.

Q. Any companies that were a flash in the pan?

We follow up to ask whether it was just a flash in the pan or a serious project.

"We are not looking for a flash in the pan.

I don't want to be a flash in the pan.

This left many wondering "Was the run of 2007 only a flash in the pan?"

I think disco was something of a flash in the pan.

"I really wanted to show the last time wasn't a flash in the pan."

"Best case, this could be just a flash in the pan.

"It could not be a design of the moment, a flash in the pan.

It would be a flash in the pan, destined to burn itself out.

Most of the proposals need not be discussed at all, so it is nothing more than a flash in the pan.

His victory was not a flash in the pan.

"There's no danger of this being a flash in the pan.

Properly thought through, a pairing will provide months of interest rather than just a flash in the pan.

The rave scene was a flash in the pan of American youth culture.

Nobody knows if he's a real developer or a flash in the pan."

Was I not mistaking a flash in the pan for a genuine success?

"It takes more than a flash in the pan.

I have a fear - maybe not fear - of being a flash in the pan.

Yet England had played so well that, equally, there was no reason to think it would prove to be a flash in the pan.

What we must try and do now is prove Saturday was not a flash in the pan.'

"It's a record of longevity, not a flash in the pan.