This is like putting regular rice and box wine into rissoto and crying it tastes like shit.
This is exactly what happens if you completely fuck up the redirect. Like use irrelevant domain or spammed domain, etc.
You don't "try expired domain redirects overnight". You plan them for a few months. You should treat them as a controlled explosive. You fuck it up, you get stuck under the rubble.
Also, it takes months until the redirect stabilizes. If you did everything right though, you will see results.
Also, read this case study -
https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/a...-0-to-45-k-month-ruined-by-1-mistake.1210715/