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fall flat

VERB
  1. fail utterly; collapse
    The project foundered

How To Use fall flat In A Sentence

  • A whole whack of puns, one-liners and double entendres get crammed into the 90-minute running time, and most of them fall flatter than a postage stamp.
  • The impact caused me to trip over my two feet and fall flat on my stomach, dropping Gabriella.
  • Some jokes fall flat, shifting the harmonic balance from whimsy to awkward.
  • Luckily, sentiments like these fall flat when gravelized through the vocoder anyway.
  • Whatever the reason, his public persona seems guarded and calculating and his repeated protestations of humility usually fall flat.
  • I knew it would fall flat; but it wasn't the bad script which made the film unsuccessful.
  • One of football's bubbliest characters will need all his effervescence for the meeting not to fall flat. Peter Ridsdale faces big test of his suitability to take over Plymouth
  • They may fall flat on their faces; the whole thing could go belly up, go bankrupt, catch on fire. KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
  • Ironically the only covers which seem to fall flat here are the film tie-in editions which look stodgy next to the originally designed covers.
  • They may fall flat on their faces; the whole thing could go belly up, go bankrupt, catch on fire. KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
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