A flash in the pan, meaning “something temporary or transient,” doesn’t derive from gold mining, nor does it have to do with cooking. It originated with firearms, specifically old-fashioned flintlock muskets. When a flinklock’s trigger is pulled...
A flash in the pan, meaning “something temporary or transient,” doesn’t derive from gold mining, nor does it have to do with cooking. It originated with firearms, specifically old-fashioned flintlock muskets. When a flinklock’s trigger is pulled...
