I don't blame the chancellor for this especially, but it does highlight the essentially ecocidal nature of the current free-market system: unless we're all frantically rushing around buying more lipstick and fridges, the economy judders to a halt and starts to implode in on itself as the pyramid of debt on which the whole thing rests begins to collapse.
I'm not ignorant of the very real possibility that the city could implode in on itself, taking startups with it.
Just as the fizz had reached our brains, Shopcade's LFW extravaganza imploded in on itself: "Can everyone take a few steps to your right?" hollered a girl as three session musicians walked to the stage.
For example, if you'd have told me ten years ago that America would welcome a black guy into the White House, that we'd be able to have conversations with our mobile phones, or that the career of Katie Melua would enjoy the stratospheric rise and crushing fall that it did, my brain would have imploded in on itself in a thick smog of astonishment and confusion. .
However, as Chelsea manager José Mourinho, head lecturer in anarchy, seemingly implodes in on himself at Stamford Bridge, the effectiveness of the stability provided by City's cool figurehead is starting to show.
In contrast, Mr. Pattinson, who plays the too-tender-to-suck-blood Edward Cullen, acts sheepish and "tries to implode in on himself and turn into a human mumble," Mr. Weitz said.
Those reviewing Claiborne in the more traditional broadsheet newspapers were generally lukewarm (or worse); the Financial Times, for example, went so far as to bemoan "the holes in the narrative" and declared "the opera implodes in upon itself".
If he weren't allowed the opportunity, however, you'd worry that "The Station Agent" might implode, folding in on itself in pent-up emotion.
And the prospect of Zimbabwe imploding in chaos on its doorstep may weaken South Africa's new resolve to squeeze Mr Mugabe.
New Labour is imploding in Bradford".
Martinez again showed his penchant for imploding in big games.
