| She warned that although there was a lot of potential with the town twinning, unless the community pulled together it would be a damp squib. |
| Ironically, the champion of the less well off appears more of a damp squib than a Catherine wheel. |
| This is a couple of weeks earlier than most people had expected, I fluctuate between thinking it will be a great success or a damp squib. |
| The legislation was little more than a damp squib, offering the possibility of some positive changes but hardly making the necessary difference. |
| A spectacular charity firewalk has been called off because council bungling turned the event into a damp squib. |
| For a government that claims its willingness to take tough decisions, this paper really is a damp squib. |
