"jump the shark" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

Audio: En-au-jump the shark.ogg
  1. Commencer à décliner généralement en parlant d’une série télévisée ou d’une formation musicale. Tags: familiar, figuratively
    Sense id: fr-jump_the_shark-en-noun-MFI2MiW8 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Métaphores en anglais, Termes familiers en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: shark-jumping

Inflected forms

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    "De to jump (« sauter » et de shark (« requin ») ; littéralement « sauter par-dessus le requin ». : Cet idiotisme à pour origine l’épisode de la série télévisée Happy Days où Fonzie, l’un des personnages principaux, effectue un saut en ski nautique au dessus d’un requin, ce qui a annoncé le déclin de la série aux yeux du public."
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