دیکشنری آنلاین تحلیلگران ( معنی فارسی damp squib )

damp squib

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damp squib noun [C] UK
an event which is not as exciting or popular as people thought it would be:

After all that media attention, the whole event turned out to be a bit of a damp squib, with very few people attending.

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Idioms

a damp squib
[British & Australian]
an event which people think will be exciting but which is disappointing when it happens.

The party turned out to be a bit of a damp squib. Half the people who'd been invited didn't turn up.

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