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Meaning of nine day wonder | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Noun. [C1]

Examples

“So far as we're concerned, the ashes of Endymion can stay buried for another two hundred years—or another two million. It doesn't matter; come the day when somebody stumbles over the tombstones, they'll just be an archaeological find: a nine day wonder. By then, we'll be out among the stars. Earth will be just our cradle.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

nine days' wonder Nine Elms nine figures nine lives nine men's morris Nine Mile