damp squib

DISAPPOINTED British EnglishBrE informal something that is intended to be exciting, effective etc, but which is disappointing 〔未达到预期效果而〕使人失望的事；湿水爆竹

Examples from the Corpus

damp squib• The fireworks display that heralded the opening of Antwerp 93 went off like a damp squib.• The traditional Easter turkey boom - the second biggest after Christmas - was a damp squib because hard-up families bought cheaper chickens.

→ damp squib at damp1(1)

单词	damp squib
释义	damp squib damp squib DISAPPOINTED British EnglishBrE informal something that is intended to be exciting, effective etc, but which is disappointing 〔未达到预期效果而〕使人失望的事；湿水爆竹 Examples from the Corpus damp squib• The fireworks display that heralded the opening of Antwerp 93 went off like a damp squib.• The traditional Easter turkey boom - the second biggest after Christmas - was a damp squib because hard-up families bought cheaper chickens. → damp squib at damp1(1)
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