Rise like a rocket (and fall like a stick) In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "rise like a rocket (and fall like a stick)", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

Tommy Tran

2021-10-16 10:10

Meaning of Rise like a rocket (and fall like a stick)

Rise like a rocket (and fall like a stick) verb phrase

The verb "fall" can be replaced by "drop."

Used to describe someone or something that rises quickly and suddenly, then falls in the same way.

A: "I can't get why our business didn't last. It was just thriving." B: "Well, it rises like a rocket, and falls like a stick."

Everybody feels sorry for that young man Kelvin. His acting career rises like a rocket and falls like a stick.

Other phrases about:

on the spur of the moment

Impulsively or suddenly

pop (one) off

To kill someone in a very quick or abrupt way

like hell and high lightning

To be extremely quick and abrupt

a stroke of fortune

May mắn bất ngờ xảy ra.

fling (one's) head back

Move one's head backwards quickly and immediately

Grammar and Usage of Rise like a rocket (and fall like a stick)

Verb Forms

rises like a rocket (and fall like a stick)
rose like a rocket (and fell like a stick)
risen like a rocket (and fallen like a stick)

The verb "rise/fall" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Rise like a rocket (and fall like a stick)

This phrase derives from a remark made by Thomas Paine about Edmund Burke's oratory during a House of Commons discussion on the French Revolution in 1792. Paine remarked:

"As he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick"

The Origin Cited: Internet .