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(literally) A firework that has been wet and therefore fails to go off correctly. / (idiomatic, by extension) Anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations; a dud.

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damp squib

noun

(literally) A firework that has been wet and therefore fails to go off correctly. / (idiomatic, by extension) Anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations; a dud.

The party was a damp squib.

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(literally) A firework that has been wet and therefore fails to go off correctly.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, by extension) Anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations; a dud.

The anonymous oracle, the author of this pamphlet, is an example of entertaining dullness. He has manufactured a very damp squib; he is a serious man in motley; and practical ideas occasionally drop in among his fantastic vaticinations.

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