A nine day’s wonder is an event that attracts much attention, but is soon forgotten. Dr Brewer divides the nine days into ‘three days’ amazement, three days’ discussion of details, and three days’ subsidence ‘ – that is, sinking down. An Albanian proverb of the same meaning goes: A wonder lasts but three days.
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