单词 | to fall flat |
释义 | > as lemmasto fall flat c. to fall flat (said of a composition, discourse, etc.): to prove unattractive, uninteresting, or ineffective; to fail in exciting applause or approval. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > fail or be unsuccessful [verb (intransitive)] withsitc1330 fail1340 defaulta1382 errc1430 to fall (also go) by the wayside1526 misthrive1567 miss1599 to come bad, or no, speedc1600 shrink1608 abortivea1670 maroon1717 to flash in the pan1792 skunk1831 to go to the dickens1833 to miss fire1838 to fall flat1841 fizzle1847 to lose out1858 to fall down1873 to crap out1891 flivver1912 flop1919 skid1920 to lay an egg1929 to blow out1939 to strike out1946 bomb1963 to come (also have) a buster1968 1841 T. B. Macaulay Warren Hastings in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 235 The best written defence must have fallen flat. 1860 C. Dickens Let. 23 Sept. (1997) IX. 315 All my news falls flat. 1885 C. L. Pirkis Lady Lovelace II. xxv. 80 The haranguing..fell as flat as the reasoning. < as lemmas |
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