单词 | not with a bang but a whimper |
释义 | not with a bang but a whimper phrase [PHRASE after verb] See full dictionary entry for whimper If you say that something happens not with a bang but a whimper, you mean that it is less effective or exciting than was expected or intended. He bowed out of world politics not with a bang but a whimper. The festival started with a whimper rather than a bang. |
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