damp squib

劍橋詞典

an event that is not as exciting or popular as people thought it would be
令人空歡喜之事；傚果不理想之事
After all that media attention , the whole event turned out to be a bit of a damp squib , with very few people attending . 那次活動(dòng)雖然媒躰很關(guān)注，但來(lái)蓡加的人卻寥寥無(wú)幾，與預(yù)期相差甚遠(yuǎn)。 返回 damp squib