go off like a damp squib

• 不兑现,失败

go off like a damp squib的用法和样例：

例句

1. The campaign to seize the city was a failure.
   攻占这个城市的战役失败了。
2. That play turned out to be a total bomb.
   那出戏结果彻底失败。
3. It has turned out to be a damp squib.
   可惜他的打算落空了。
4. The plan for a picnic had to go by the board.
   去野餐的计划已经落空了。
5. Fracture is not the only way that a structure can fail.
   断裂并非结构失效的唯一形式。
6. He flew into a temper and told me the contract for the murals was off.
   他大发脾气地告诉我，壁画的合约失效了。