damp squib at English (WD) Of Explained:

==English==

Noun

Inter: en-noun » head=damp squib

A firework that fails to go off, due to wetting.

1. Inter: idiomatic » by extension Anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations.
2. Inter: quote-news »

|year=2012
|date=December 29
|author=Paul Doyle
|title=Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle
|work=The Guardian
|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/dec/29/arsenal-newcastle-united-premier-league
|page=
|passage=Arsène Wenger confessed: "The result was not an accurate indication of the match." Certainly, at half-time it seemed unlikely that Arsenal would catch fire so spectacularly because the first half was a damp squib of a display from Wenger's team, as Newcastle initially showed no ill-effects from their Old Trafford ordeal.

Translations

Inter: trans-top » firework that fails to go off, due to wetting

• Danish: Inter: t- » da|fuser

Inter: trans-mi » d

French: Inter: t+ » fr|pétard mouillé

German: Inter: t+ » de|Blindgänger|m, Inter: t+ » de|Versager|m

Inter: trans-botto » m
Inter: trans-top » anything that doesn’t work properly

• French: pétard mouillé

Inter: trans-mi » d

German: Inter: t- » de|Schuss in den Ofen|m

Inter: trans-botto » m
Translation: el » damp squib
Translation: fr » damp squib
Translation: kn » damp squib
Translation: ta » damp squib

Related words:

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