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idiomnot with a bang but a whimper(also with a whimper not a bang)if something does not end with a bang but a whimper it ends in a way that is not as effective or as exciting as you want or expect it to be:The play closed not with a bang but a whimper, with the theatre only half full and an audience only half interested.If that was their last record, I'd say they went out with a whimper not a bang.

Note This comes from a line in one of TS Eliot's poems called The Hollow Men.

not with a bang but with a whimper

In an anti-climactic way. Typically used to describe the end of something. The phrase is taken from the last stanza of T.S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men": "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper." We all thought the championship was going to be a close game, but it ended up being a blowout, and the season ended not with a bang but with a whimper.

not with a bang but a whimper

LITERARY

If something happens not with a bang but a whimper, it is less effective or exciting than people expected or intended. The Cannes film festival approached its climax yesterday not with a bang but a whimper, as thousands of disappointed festival-goers left early. Note: You can also say that something happened with a bang and not a whimper to mean the opposite. Should the monarchy go, it would be with a memorable bang and not a whimper. Note: This is the last line of T.S. Eliot's poem `The Hollow Men' (1925): `This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.'

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释义	idiomnot with a bang but a whimper(also with a whimper not a bang)if something does not end with a bang but a whimper it ends in a way that is not as effective or as exciting as you want or expect it to be:The play closed not with a bang but a whimper, with the theatre only half full and an audience only half interested.If that was their last record, I'd say they went out with a whimper not a bang. Note This comes from a line in one of TS Eliot's poems called The Hollow Men. not with a bang but with a whimper In an anti-climactic way. Typically used to describe the end of something. The phrase is taken from the last stanza of T.S. Eliot's poem "The Hollow Men": "This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper." We all thought the championship was going to be a close game, but it ended up being a blowout, and the season ended not with a bang but with a whimper. not with a bang but a whimper LITERARY If something happens not with a bang but a whimper, it is less effective or exciting than people expected or intended. The Cannes film festival approached its climax yesterday not with a bang but a whimper, as thousands of disappointed festival-goers left early. Note: You can also say that something happened with a bang and not a whimper to mean the opposite. Should the monarchy go, it would be with a memorable bang and not a whimper. Note: This is the last line of T.S. Eliot's poem `The Hollow Men' (1925): `This is the way the world ends Not with a bang but a whimper.'
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