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"A damp squib" nghĩa là gì?
07 Aug, 2019
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'A damp squib' = một quả pháo ẩm -> một người hay vật, sự kiện, trải nghiệm gây thất vọng vì không như những gì mong đợi
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Boris Johnson may be creating political fireworks in Britain, but his first official visit here as Prime Minister was a damp squib. He didn't deliver a public speech nor did he hold a Press conference yesterday.
Any particular team can let you down horribly. Any single match can be a damp squib or a complete waste of time. But the possibility of something special happening is the most exciting thing on the planet. That is why, come this weekend, I’ll be settling down on the sofa for the Premier League’s return, as ready and raring to go as Harry Kane.
He said: “In 2017, Northern should have been delivering two trains an hour from Northwich to Manchester on the Mid Cheshire Line – it is still not doing that. When we hear of HS2’s costs spiralling (tăng lên dần dần) from £57 billion up to even £106 billion, people look at the Northern Powerhouse slogan as a real damp squib."
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