Sentences with phrase «of a damp squib»

It was a bit of a damp squib in the end with two defeats in the last two games once...

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.

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.

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.

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

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

It also looks like there will be more women MPs in Scotland, although a shift from the current 22 % to perhaps as much as 30 % seems more of a damp squib than a revolution.

Not only had their mission to deliberately collide with a comet for the first time succeeded perfectly, but the prospect of a damp squib — with the impactor passing right through a diffuse, rubbly comet — had fizzled away.

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

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

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?

No word on when it's likely to hit the shops nor indeed an indication on price, but one thing's for sure - the Acer Iconia Tab A200's launch is likely to be a bit of a damp squib now.

«A bit of a damp squib of a Budget for the construction sector should not have come as a surprise to many - given the lack of any real Opposition with a plan, and an economy performing better than expected (although that depends on your expectations).

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

If there's one boss that was a bit of a damp squib in this DLC, it would be the Spear of Justice.

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.

A deadline day that promised so much, with the wantaway Alexis Sanchez tipped to leave the Gunners and the exciting Thomas Lemar likely to arrive - among others - ended up becoming something of a damp squib.

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

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.

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

Which despite any claims it doesn't, renders it something of a damp squib.

The story missions haven't been up to scratch, Crota's End is a bit of a damp squib and what has made many dedicated players displeased is the decision to render previously earned weapons irrelevant, thus forcing players to re-level their current Exotics weapons.

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?

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.