Sentences with phrase «dampest of damp squibs»

What we actually get is the dampest of damp squibs thrown into a not especially flammable nest of 70s hairstyles and furniture.

Not exact matches

And the way the planned protests at the end of last season turned out to be a damp squib proves that there are plenty of AKBs out there.

When added to the fact that they're struggling to score as well, this season is shaping up to be another damp squib after a lot of promise going in.

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

And we really need it to be, because what was supposed to be a great season for the Gunners, following on from our Premier League title charge last season and the end of a nine year wait for a trophy, has turned into yet another damp squib, so far at least.

His arrival represented the Hammers» biggest summer outlay and something of a damp squib at that.

Man City fan Anthony «Moggy» McGrath has plenty of reasons to celebrate after a damp - squib conclusion to a glorious title...

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.

He told MPs: «Despite the disappointment of the party opposite that supports irresponsible and damaging strikes, it looks like something 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.

The bonfire of the quangos became a damp squib for David Cameron.

By the time the documentary aired it was received as something of a damp squib.

The lesson of the SDP's damp squib start is that Britain's first - past - the - post electoral system is very unforgiving for small parties.

Brown's closest ministerial ally, Ed Balls, said the email was a «damp squib» by a few disgruntled MPs and insisted that the cabinet was «absolutely united» behind Brown.But the number of cabinet voices emerging in support of Brown did not begin to rise to a chorus until early evening, among them two of the ministers tipped as possible successors to Brown — the home secretary, Alan Johnson, and the energy secretary, Ed Miliband, who said today's call by rebels would be seen as a «temporary distraction» from the job of fighting the Conservatives and laying out future plans for the country.

How appropriate it is that this weekend's Diamond Jubilee celebrations are something of a damp squib - a very fair reflection of our attitudes to the monarchy question.

I suspect deselections will turn out to be a damp squib with a few symbolic victories but not enough to truly alter the overall shape of the Parliamentary party or more than a handful of councils.

Labour has issued a briefing note saying that David Cameron's attempt to use the reshuffle to address the shortage of women in the government is «a damp squib».

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

The latest damp squib reflects little credit on any of those involved.

Things have gone steadily his way all week, with a decent Lib Dem ICM poll score of 21 % last weekend (and another due in tomorrow's Guardian poll), a solid victory on the contentious and potentially divisive tax package, and the damp squib of Charles Kennedy's speech on Tuesday.

Much in the spirit of the Fraser Institute's damp squib we reported on last year, S. Fred Singer and his merry band of contrarian luminaries (financed by the notorious «Heartland Institute» we've commented on previously) served up a similarly dishonest «assessment» of the science of climate change earlier this year in the form of what they call the «NIPCC» report (the «N» presumably standing for «not the» or «nonsense»).

Daniel Freeman from Tickr said: «The dating scene can be a treacherous one — with apps promising the flame of romance but leaving you with a damp squib, to sites playing cupid that leave you cold.

Likewise, for all the talk of the showdown with Bill (when it finally arrives after far too much time), his death is a total damp squib, with far too little catharsis and making too less sense.

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

While this isn't quite a disaster on the level of the almost certain to be Razzie decorated Naomi Watts vehicle Diana from director Oliver Hirschbeigel, and The Counselor does have a few champions (Mahnola Dargis of The New York Times being a notable one, and Awardswatch's own Vincent Smetana being another), the general consensus has been that Sir Ridley has delivered a damp squib of a movie.

Sadly, these often strong scenes of the family's interactions with one another are undone by the film's constant need to cut away and remind us of the larger plot involving the hitmen and thus sacrificing where its strength lies in order to set up and build toward its damp squib of a finale.

If Ehrenreich is too much of a damp squib for you, might I suggest feasting your eyes on Donald Glover's suave - as - hell Lando?

The same logic governs the new attempt by Legendary Pictures / Warner Brothers to relaunch a Western version of Toho's Godzilla franchise, after the damp squib of the 1998 Roland Emmerich version.

«Some people have accused us of a precipitous rush, others say it's a damp squib.

Even the V8 engine sound is partly synthesised noise pumped through the speakers, so from a purist's point of view is it a damp squib compared with the bonkers and shouty E63?

While the Focus is one of Britain's finest family cars, we expected the 1.0 - litre EcoBoost to be a damp squib.

The truth has always been that most trad published books are damp squibs (speaking from experience), but self - publishing has allowed authors to give readers what they want to read instead of what agents and publishers think they want to read.

However, the Fire Phone has been something of a damp squib in America where it launched, attracting some disappointed reviews, with many tech bloggers questioning if the device is special enough to encourage someone to move contracts and suggesting Amazon left its entry into the smartphone market too late.

With the Wii U proving to be a damp squib, despite boasting a number of great (mainly first party) games, Nintendo were quick to put it to one side and launch a fresh new console, smack dab in the middle of the controversial but also kind of successful 1.5 upgrades from Sony and Microsoft.

The Vita TV has been as much of a damp squib as the Vita itself, which means you can buy it for an absolute song these days.

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.

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

Whether its eventual degradation marks the commemoration of great talent now passed away, or is merely the damp squib of an artist consigned to insignificance remains to be seen.

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.

Since an assortment of the scientists Matt cites have already written the WSJ to complain of his gross misrepresentation of their work, his views on climate sensitivity seem damp as a squib in a Yorkshire coal mine, of which the Ridley estate owns several:

For example, the much discussed and hyped (in some quarters) new category of «dependant contractor» actually appears on the surface to be a simple re-naming of the existing category of worker and therefore is an important but none the less slightly damp squib of a development.

The commission's report is a damp squib but it may not be a complete waste of time and money.

Does the Act «reverse the chilling effect on freedom of expression of current libel law» or is it damp squib which will make defamation cases more complex?

It should also explore whether there are ways to contextualize the design of ABS regulation so that a damp squib might at least be turned into a brass (bronze?)

January is a damp squib, but February is going to be a monster, mainly due to Mobile World Congress taking place at the end of the month.

When Siri stops working or not responding to your voice command on HomePod, the entire idea of using Apple smart speaker turns a damp squib.

Meanwhile, the base technology has been heralded and innovated with, but the execution of it has largely been a damp squib.