Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is flash in the pan and its meaning is “it refers to a person or thing that is popular or gets noticed, but only for a short period of time; one-off success, brief success; a temporary/brief effort that produces no really major result”.
Example Sentence: Prime Minister Narendra Modi did well by reaching out to SAARC leaders earlier this year, but such flash in the pan moments won’t help without sustained engagement.
This phrase is present in The Hindu op-ed article Reviving SAARC to deal with China and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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