soap bubble

Or turn from the gray officials to the purple citizens of the soap bubble commonwealth of socialism.

He could destroy all of this happiness as easily as one can destroy a beautiful soap-bubble that a child has created from nothing.

So Margaret spoke, and then she sighed, remembering the reason why she should not attend soap-bubble parties.

It is as if I blew a soap-bubble, all iridescent, and you said you would come to look at it in ten minutes.

Some may think this extravagant praise for a little story which, after all (they will say), is flimsy as a soap bubble.