- something ends with a whimper
- if something ends with a whimper, it ends without success and no one notices or cares much
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something ends with a whimper
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something ends with a whimper — phrase if something ends with a whimper, it ends without success and no one notices or cares much Thesaurus: to fail, or to stop being successfulsynonym Main entry: whimper … Useful english dictionary
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not with a bang but with a whimper — (not) with a bang but with a whimper literary if something ends not with a bang but with a whimper, it ends in a disappointing way. The concert ended not with a bang but with a whimper, the rain forcing the performance to stop fifteen minutes… … New idioms dictionary
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