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31not 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… …
32with 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… …
33something 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 …
34Guy Whimper — Infobox NFLactive currentteam=New York Giants currentnumber=79 currentpositionplain=Offensive tackle birthdate=birth date and age|1983|5|21 birthplace=Honolulu, Hawaii heightft=6 heightin=5 weight=302 debutyear=2006 debutteam=New York Giants… …
35not with a bang but a whimper — To end on a muted note most likely in a situation where one would have expected a more spectacular finish. This expression was coined by T.S. Elliot in his 1925 poem, The Hollow Men, which ends: This is the way the world ends This is the way the… …
36something ends with a whimper — if something ends with a whimper, it ends without success and no one notices or cares much …
37Whimpered — Whimper Whim per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whimpered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whimpering}.] [Cf. Scot. whimmer, G. wimmern.] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers. [1913 Webster] Was there ever yet preacher… …
38Whimpering — Whimper Whim per, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Whimpered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Whimpering}.] [Cf. Scot. whimmer, G. wimmern.] To cry with a low, whining, broken voice; to whine; to complain; as, a child whimpers. [1913 Webster] Was there ever yet preacher… …
39grizzle — Whimper, cry fretfully (usu. applied to children). Complain. n. grizzler, grizzle guts …
40The Hollow Men in popular culture — T. S. Eliot s poem, The Hollow Men , has had a profound effect on the Anglo American cultural lexicon and by a relatively recent extension world culture since it was published in 1925. The references below range from American video games (the… …
