Question
After all the media attention, the event turned out to
be a damp squib and very few people attended it. Select the most appropriate meaning of the bold idiom in the given sentence.Solution
"A damp squib" refers to something that is expected to be exciting or successful but turns out to be a disappointment. It originates from a squib, a small firework that fails to explode when damp.
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