squib

The first week of negotiations were a damp squib.
La première semaine des négociations ressembla à un « pétard mouillé ».
What was achieved in Maastricht as the great step forward to a real common policy in that area has turned out to be a damp squib.
Ce qui fut obtenu à l'époque à Maastricht, et considéré comme la grande avancée vers une politique commune consistante, n'était qu'une illusion.
Unfortunately, what seemed at first to be a good idea - the Transatlantic Agenda - turned into something of a damp squib after April, when the Council took a number of decisions we perhaps did not all support.
Malheureusement, la bonne idée de l'agenda transatlantique tourne un peu en eau de boudin depuis que le Conseil a décidé, en avril, de prendre des décisions que nous ne partageons peut-être pas.
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