"nine day wonder" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

Audio: En-au-nine-day wonder.oga Forms: nine-day wonder, nine days wonder, nine days' wonder
  1. Quelque chose qui attire l'attention générale pendant un temps très bref avant d'être oublié. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-nine_day_wonder-en-noun-BpO0sh74 Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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