English
Noun
en-noun|sgbusted flush|plbusted flushes
- poker A potential flush which ultimately was not filled.
#: I thought I'd draw another spade, but I ended up with a busted flush.
- idiom Anything which ends up worthless despite great potential.
Quotations
2004: If this 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? — Andrew Rawnsley in Mission not accomplished, Guardian online, May 2, 2004.
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