7、It was a bit of a damp squib, making no firm recommendations and proposing no new regulation or legislation.
11、The Financial Times (14. 1. 1995) writes, "Labour poured scorn on the invitation as another example of Back of the envelope policies that prove to be nothing more than embarrassing damp squibs and a waste of taxpayers' money."
4、The pop concert went off like a damp squib when the main act failed to appear.
9、A German-led initiative set hopes flickering when mooted early this year, but reforms finally agreed in March proved a damp squib.
3、Does that mean Pittsburgh will be a damp squib?
10、The Gleneagles G8 summit the G7 plus Russia on July7-8 threatens to be a damp squib or to end without agreement if common cause cannot be found at the meeting this weekend.
6、North Korea's nuclear test was a damp squib in market terms.
5、After the damp squib of Lisbon, further big treaties look unlikely.
8、After all that media attention the whole event turned out a bit of a damp squib with almost nobody attending.
2、This means the review could be a damp squib.
1、The party was a bit of a damp squib.