Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—F

Flash

A mere flash in the pan. All sound and fury, signifying nothing; like the attempt to discharge a gun that ends with a flash in the lock-pan, the gun itself “hanging fire.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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