damp squib

Noun

 * 1)  A firework that has been wet and therefore fails to go off correctly.
 * 2)  Anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations; a dud.

Synonyms

 * dud
 * dud

Translations

 * Danish: fuser
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Irish: urchar iomrallach


 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , Schlag ins Wasser,
 * Polish: