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.

• twist around little finger
• twist around your little finger
• twist in the wind
• twist of the knife
• twist round little finger
• twist round your little finger
• twist someone around little finger
• twist someone around your little finger
• twist someone round little finger
• twist someone round your little finger
• twist someone's arm
• twist the knife
• two-bit
• two can play at that game
• two cents
• two cents worth
• two-faced
• two of a kind
• two peas in a pod
• two's company
• two's company three's a crowd
• two sides of the same coin
• en route
• enter into the spirit of
• enter into the spirit of something