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单词 damp squib
释义

damp squib

phrase
You can describe something such as an event or a performance as a damp squib when it is expected to be interesting, exciting, or impressive, but fails to be any of these things.
[British]
The all-party meeting was a damp squib.
See full dictionary entry for squib

damp squib in British English

something intended but failing to impress
See full dictionary entry for squib

Examples of 'damp squib' in a sentence
damp squib

The pyrotechnics did not end in a damp squib.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
The cast chemistry is more damp squib than squeaky pop.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The outcome may prove a damp squib.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
My garden is a real damp squib.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
So what was announced with a fanfare may turn out to be a bit of a damp squib?
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
His show was a damp squib.
The Sun (2012)
The opening in 1959 was a damp squib.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She admits the best man's speech was a damp squib.
The Sun (2015)
It was a damp squib, and its inevitable failure came about because its priority was not excellence, but money.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
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