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TOMBER COMME SOUFFLE [1 record]

Record 1 1985-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
Key term(s)
  • to flop

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
OBS

(...) : le bon sens, sans lequel l'idée la plus géniale risque de tomber comme un soufflé... (Alexandra Chapman, Le Monde, 21.7.83, p. 2).

Spanish

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