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soap bubble

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soap bubble
n.
1. A bubble, especially a large one, formed from soapy water.
2. Something beautiful but transient or illusory.
soap bubble
n
1. a bubble formed from soapy water
2. something that is ephemeral but attractive
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Noun1.soap bubble - a bubble formed by a thin soap filmsoap bubble - a bubble formed by a thin soap film
bubble - a hollow globule of gas (e.g., air or carbon dioxide)
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Amid the occupations or amusements of the Fair, nothing was more common than for a person--whether at feast, theatre, or church, or trafficking for wealth and honors, or whatever he might be doing, to vanish like a soap bubble, and be never more seen of his fellows; and so accustomed were the latter to such little accidents that they went on with their business as quietly as if nothing had happened.
Mosses From An Old Manse and other stories by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Taylor and I also opened up on the creature, and as it was broadside to us it offered a splendid target, though for all the impression we appeared to make upon the great cat we might as well have been launching soap bubbles at it.
The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
A slight grey mist rested upon the more distant parts of the wilderness which he was crossing, a mist which seemed to be blown in from the sea in little puffs, resting for a time upon the earth, and then drifting up and fading away like soap bubbles.
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