Other times an idea will be born out of some extraordinary event in your past and then possibly fizzle into, "No, not really good enough."

But that idea fizzled because it would not preserve the ability of the cork to pop, a key marketing requirement for champagne.

Rappaport did not tell Hense at first what he was about, preferring to keep it quiet; this way, if his idea fizzled, no one would ever know.

Eventually the idea fizzled because the assistants were worried that a lawsuit would hurt their careers.

Work began in 1908 but the idea fizzled eight years later and Gaudí only finished the crypt, which still serves as a working church.

However, there was no longer any Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers and the idea fizzled.

Mr. Davis vowed to "fight for this puppy," and his advisers expressed puzzlement that the idea of exempting teachers had fizzled.

When the tax-cut idea fizzled, Mr. Dole decided on a full frontal assault on Mr. Clinton's character.

Last spring, the community board suggested limiting Edsall Avenue, which loops past the platform, to one-way traffic, but the idea ultimately fizzled, opposed by avenue residents.

He considered running for the United States Senate from New York in 1970, but the idea fizzled.