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"a damp squib" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe something that fails to meet expectations or has little effect. Example sentence: The highly anticipated concert turned out to be a damp squib as the lead singer fell ill and only performed for a few minutes.
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It was a damp squib.
By Chinese standards, that's a damp squib.
A damp squib of a pepperoni.
His final 'interlude' is a damp squib.
Its only nuclear explosion was thought a damp squib.
Unions will be embarrassed by a damp squib.
The visit was, in fact, a damp squib.
China's big party may be a damp squib.
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"The biggest strike in a generation cannot be dismissed as a damp squib.
And it was, well, a bit of a damp squib, actually.
You wouldn't want a damp squib to face up to this kind of challenge".
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