a sudden but brief success that is unlikely to be repeated. [with allusion to the priming of a firearm, the flash arising from an explosion of gunpowder within the lock.]
→ flash
a sudden but brief success that is unlikely to be repeated. [with allusion to the priming of a firearm, the flash arising from an explosion of gunpowder within the lock.]
→ flash
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004