busted flush

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busted flush (plural busted flushes)

1. (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.

2. (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

potential flush which ultimately was not filled

anything which ends up worthless despite great potential

• German: Reinfall (de) m, Fehlschlag (de) m, Luftnummer (de) f, Flop (de) m