Sentences with phrase «bit of damp squib»

A sale of 140 or so contemporary works that was held in Paris this February was a bit of a damp squib, and raised barely # 300,000, half what had been hoped for, to fund the opening in April of The Dairy — a not - for - profit contemporary arts and exhibition centre in London which Cohen shares with another dealer / collector, Nicolai Frahm.

Excited about this year's CES - or was it a bit of a damp squib?

The Mirror's Edge reboot may have turned into a bit of a damp squib, but that doesn't dimish the awesomeness of the original game.

So what begins as an understated yet strikingly good look at gambling addiction turns into a bit of a damp squib by the end.

Alas, the whole thing threatens to be a bit of a damp squib.

The Monday of conference is always a bit of damp squib, a hump to get over before the final debates and leader's speech, but there is an important debate on some secret justice proposals today in which Lib Dems must reaffirm their stance on fair justice.

It was a bit of a damp squib in the end with two defeats in the last two games once we knew our place in the Premier League was safe, but the season as a whole was far from that with some outstanding performances, and in particular a superb home record.

It was a bit of damp squib against Norwich, but hopefully that was just the beginning, and with momentum, become bigger over time.