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#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2021 May 19|author=Paul Clifton asks Mick Cash|title=I am retiring on my own terms|journal=RAIL|issue=931|page=49|text="In November last year, at the annual conference, a decision went against me and I took the view that I couldn't carry on. I was a '''busted flush''' as the General Secretary, and in a position where I did not have the support of everyone, so it was best that I moved on.}} |
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{{trans-top|potential flush which ultimately was not filled}} |
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{{trans-top|anything which ends up worthless despite great potential}} |
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Latest revision as of 11:28, 2 June 2024
Englisch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Nomen
[edit]busted flush (plural busted flushes)
- (UK, poker) A potential flush which ultimately was not filled.
- I thought I'd draw another spade, but I ended up with a busted flush.
- (UK, idiomatic) Anything which ends up worthless despite great potential.
- 2004 May 2, Andrew Rawnsley, “Mission not accomplished”, in Guardian online, UK, retrieved 14 October 2012:
- If this [Tony Blair] is such an utterly busted flush of a leader, why are so many Tories and their outriders so keen to have this Prime Minister gone before he can fight another election?
- 2021 May 19, Paul Clifton asks Mick Cash, “I am retiring on my own terms”, in RAIL, number 931, page 49:
- "In November last year, at the annual conference, a decision went against me and I took the view that I couldn't carry on. I was a busted flush as the General Secretary, and in a position where I did not have the support of everyone, so it was best that I moved on.
Translations
[edit]potential flush which ultimately was not filled
anything which ends up worthless despite great potential
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