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Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase 'A damp squib'

Arainy weather

Ba disappointing result

Ca skirt in a laundry

DNone of the above

Answer:

B. a disappointing result

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A damp squib : നിരാശാജനകമായ ഫലം Eg : The party turned out to be a bit of a damp squib. (പാർട്ടി അൽപ്പം നിരാശാജനകമായി.)


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