1. 失败,落空：Daft as a brush 非常愚蠢 | Damp squib 失败,落空 | Dancing on someone's grave 幸灾乐祸
1. But rather than a firecracker of a start, it was more of a damp squib.
2. In the event, the strike passed quietly and Cameron described it as a " damp squib ".