squib

squib n.

爆竹

英英解釋:名詞squib:
1. firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

習慣用語

damp squib [口]受潮的爆竹; 啞炮; 失敗的笑話; 徒勞的嘗試

go off like a damp squib 不兌現, 失敗, 落空, 失效