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1 неудавшаяся шутка
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2 неудавшееся развлечение
Makarov: a damp squib, damp squibУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > неудавшееся развлечение
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3 не оправдывает ожиданий
Phraseological unit: damp squibУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > не оправдывает ожиданий
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4 не работает должным образом
Phraseological unit: damp squib (Anything that doesn’t work properly, or fails to come up to expectations..)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > не работает должным образом
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5 не удаться
1) General subject: abort, fail, go off like a damp squib2) Jargon: (провалиться) bomb (My first try bombed, but things got better. Моя первая попытка провалилась, но дела пошли лучше.)3) Makarov: fall flat -
6 неудача
1) General subject: a bad job, abortion, ambs ace, ambs-ace, bad, bad break, bad fortune, bad job, bad luck, baffle, balk, break down, clinker, clunker, crab, crab-tree, crabber, crack up, crack-up, cropper, defection, fail, failure, fiasco, flash in the pan, flivver, hard lines, hard luck, hoodoo, ill luck, ill success, ill-luck, meltdown, miscarriage, mischance, misfortune, mishap, muff, no-go, overshoot, reverse, rot, rough luck, setback, unluck, washout, rebuff, damp squib, debacle, adversity, reversal, hoo-doo, tough luck, defeat4) Mathematics: bad lack, lack of success7) Linguistics: infelicity8) Australian slang: a kick in the arse, blue duck, bung, crookie, fizzer, hard cheese, smack in the eye9) Automobile industry: failure (эксперимента)10) Jargon: blast, bust, cork, flake-out, frost, in sour, kerflummux, kettle of fish, lay-down, lead balloon, oil can, smash, suck, tough break, turkey, baddie, bloomer (в бизнесе), comedown, dead man's hand, flookem, flookum, fluke, flukum, flummox, flunk, stiff11) Information technology: miss (при поиске)12) Dentistry: endo failure, perio failure13) Graphic expression: belly-up14) Advertising: lemon (о товаре)15) Business: adverse fortune, falling down, flop16) Programming: undesired event17) Quality control: failure (напр. эксперимента), misfit18) Psychoanalysis: unsuccess19) Makarov: backset, evil, ill fortune20) Taboo: bad shit, bummer, screw-up, tough shit21) Gold mining: mishap (в ведении производственного процесса или при разведке)22) Phraseological unit: go down the toilet, bad iron -
7 обмануть ожидания
1) General subject: fail, go off like a damp squib, let down, (чьи-л.) drop short, (чьи-л.) fall short, (чьи-л.) turn sour on2) Mathematics: disappoint one's expectations3) Makarov: (чьи-л.) disappoint expectations -
8 с треском провалиться
1) General subject: lay an egg (о спектакле и т п), spectacularly fail2) Theatre: get the knock3) Makarov: go off like a damp squibУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > с треском провалиться
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9 фиаско
1) General subject: all-around failure, dead failure, dead frost, fiasco, fizzle, set-back, slip up, damp squib, a flash in the pan, debacle, defeat3) Bookish: derout5) Diplomatic term: flop7) Makarov: flash in the pan
См. также в других словарях:
damp squib — (UK) If something is expected to have a great effect or impact but doesn t, it is a damp squib … The small dictionary of idiomes
damp squib — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ something that turns out to be much less impressive than expected … English terms dictionary
damp squib — Brit. Informal. something meant but failing to impress or succeed. [1965 70] * * * damp squib noun Something that fails to go off with the expected bang (lit and figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑damp damp squib see under ↑damp • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
damp squib — UK / US noun [countable, usually singular] Word forms damp squib : singular damp squib plural damp squibs British informal an event that is far less impressive or exciting than you expected it to be … English dictionary
Damp squib — someone who does not think too well, a bit of a dub (squib is a small firecracker, a damp squib is one that doesn t go off); 2. (racing) horse or dog that starts well but finishes terribly … Dictionary of Australian slang
damp squib — Australian Slang someone who does not think too well, a bit of a dub (squib is a small firecracker, a damp squib is one that doesn t go off); 2. (racing) horse or dog that starts well but finishes terribly … English dialects glossary
Damp squib — (UK) If something is expected to have a great effect or impact but doesn t, it is a damp squib … Dictionary of English idioms
(a) damp squib — a damp ˈsquib idiom (BrE, informal) an event that is disappointing because it is not as exciting or impressive as expected • The celebrations were a bit of a damp squib. Main entry: ↑dampidiom … Useful english dictionary
(a) damp squib — British & Australian an event which people think will be exciting but which is disappointing when it happens. The party turned out to be a bit of a damp squib. Half the people who d been invited didn t turn up … New idioms dictionary
damp squib — /dæmp ˈskwɪb/ (say damp skwib) noun → squib (def. 5) …
damp squib — (UK) somethng s expected to have a great effect or mpact but doesn t, s a damp squb. (Dorking School Dictionary) … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions