From the sublime to the ridiculous

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Transitioning from something great or impressive to something funny, silly or absurd.

The food at the party went from the sublime to the ridiculous, starting with a gourmet dinner and ending with a rubber-chicken fight.
Visual representation of "from the sublime to the ridiculous" - Transitioning from something great or impressive to something funny, silly or absurd.

Often appears as...

  • transitioning from the sublime to the ridiculous
  • wandering from the sublime to the ridiculous

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Idiomatic

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Dramatic Shift

Describes a big change in tone or quality, often surprisingly.

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The film went from the sublime to the ridiculous, starting off strong but ending with a nonsensical twist.
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Humor Usage

Often used humorously to emphasize how something changed for the worse.

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Her fashion sense went from the sublime to the ridiculous with those clown shoes.
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Conversational

Common in informal conversation, not typically used in formal writing.

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Our meeting went from the sublime to the ridiculous once the pie charts turned into actual pies.
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