Idiom
busted flush
Meaning
Anything which ends up worthless despite great potential.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The startup became a busted flush after the market crashed.”
“He invested everything in that property deal, but it turned out to be a busted flush.”
“The ambitious infrastructure project, hailed as the future of the region, lay abandoned and rusting — a busted flush that had consumed the city's entire budget.”
Examples
simple
“The startup became a busted flush after the market crashed.”
contextual
“He invested everything in that property deal, but it turned out to be a busted flush.”
complex
“The ambitious infrastructure project, hailed as the future of the region, lay abandoned and rusting — a busted flush that had consumed the city's entire budget.”
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