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damp squib
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noun
  1. a firework that fails to go off, due to wetting
  2. (idiom) (by extension) anything that doesn't work properly, or fails to come up to expectations
Translations:
  • French: pétard mouillé
    (trans-mid)
    (trans-bottom)

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