jump the shark | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,of atelevision programor othernarrative)To undergo astorylinedevelopment which heralds a fundamental and generallydisappointingchange indirection.2003, Jon Hein,Jump the Shark,book overview(revised edition; Plume;→ISBN, 9780452284104)Happy Daysinfamouslyjumped the sharkwhen Fonzie literally jumped a shark on water skis.I Love Lucyjumped the sharkwhen Lucy and Ricky moved to the suburbs.The Brady Bunchjumped the sharkwhen Cousin Oliver moved in.2004, Ronn Owens,Voice of Reason: Why the Left and Right Are Wrong, John Wiley & Sons, published2004,→ISBN,page212:From that point on,Dallaswas never the same. It hit its peak. It lost credibility. Itjumped the shark.2010September 16, Michael Hewitt, “The Watcher: Which new TV shows will take off?”, inOrange County Register:Returning show everyone will say hasjumped the shark: "House."; (idiomatic,by extension)To experience adeclineinquality,appeal,popularity, etc.2007,Jeph Jacques, “Time To Add A Cute Kid To The Cast”, inQuestionable Content, number951:Pintsize: Wait, don’t you want to know why I’m tied up and hanging from the ceiling?Faye: Not really. Nighty night!Pintsize: Shit! My wacky antics havejumped the shark!2008, Mark Fogarty,Went to See the Gypsy, Lulu.com, published2008,→ISBN,page150:The Bangles were a fine all-woman band, starting with a lovely cover of Prince's "Manic Monday." "Walk Like an Egyptian" was cute, and the ladies rocked out an unlikely cover of Simon and Garfunkel's "Hazy Shade of Winter." But theyjumped the sharkwith the treacly "Eternal Flame," and the end of the road was in sight.2008October 11, Cortney Harding, “Tape echo”, inBillboard:And I knew something was up when I started getting press releases about "tape labels." Maybe vinyl had finallyjumped the shark, and magnetic tape was due for a return.

Examples:

EN: You made us jump the shark!
ES: Tu arruinaste el programa.
EN: If you and I move in, we jump the shark.
ES: Si tú y yo nos mudamos juntos, saltamos sobre el tiburón (cruzamos un límite)
EN: I'll use my fifth dimensional powers to make the show so bad it won't just jump the shark, it'll do a quadruple spinning backflip over it.
ES: Usaré mis poderes de la quinta dimensión para que el programa sea tan malo, que no sólo "saltará sobre el tiburón" sino que hara un cuádruple salto mortal hacia atrás sobre él.
EN: You want to jump the shark?
ES: ¿Vas a recurrir a eso?
ID: Kau ingin tahu kebenarannya? Mau tahu masa laluku yang bodoh dan cengeng?
EN: Just don't jump the shark with Mahalo.
HI: माटो त के ढुंगा संग लर्नु परे लर्छु मत
EN: The phrase "jump the shark" is coming to mind.
HI: 'द वाइट टाइगर' की शूटिंग चल रही है.
EN: As long as it doesn't jump the shark and become the Roman Reigns of fandom.:P
HI: नदी को नदी ही रहने दो, इंसान न बनाओ. . .
EN: Reader, do you want to jump the shark with me?
HI: खरगोश- शेर से बोला चलो मेरे साथ ?
EN: TWD isn't about to jump the shark with such a lame save.
HI: शेर बकरी चबा जाये ऐसे बेसब्रे नहीं।
EN: When they released "Lets Go to Bed," it was a real "jump the shark" moment.
HI: जब कब्र में सोये तो 'शख्स बडा लाजबाब था'
EN: Hopefully this isn't a jump the shark moment, but I must admit that it will be fascinating to see how these characters react to losing a close member of their lives.
HI: मुझे आशा नहीं है कि यह क्विक प्ले आएगा, लेकिन यह देखकर अच्छा लगेगा कि यह भी देखने को मिलता है कि कैसे लोग इस गेम मोड के साथ आते हैं।
EN: But even through that, it didn't jump the shark.
HI: लेकिन बीच में आया तो शेर को भी नहीं छोडते
EN: If you and I move in, we jump the shark. That will end it.
ID: Jika kita bersama dan bertengkar, semua akan berakhir.
EN: ♪ Until the day we jump the shark ♪
ID: Sampai pada hari kita mencapai titik itu
EN: Were Garry Marshall's sitcom sensibilities causing the film to jump the shark?
ID: Apakah kepekaan sitkom Garry Marshall menurunkan kualitas film ini?

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