Meaning of wet firecracker | Babel Free

Definitions

A person, event, or object lacking liveliness or failing to generate excitement, especially when there was a prior expectation of liveliness or excitement.

idiomatic, informal

Examples

“Coming after a fast, colorful movie like Super Fly, a follow-up called Super Fly TNT is a wet firecracker.”

“After Bernanke's first semiannual testimony before Congress in February, I wrote to my clients that his appearance was essentially a wet firecracker—he did not jolt the markets.”

“[A]udiences sensibly enough found Lollobrigida and Sinatra to be a wet firecracker of a team.”

CEFR level