go down like a lead balloon
1go down like a lead balloon — (humorous) To be conspicuously unsuccessful • • • Main Entry: ↑lead * * * go down like a lead balloon phrase to completely fail to please someone The tax proposals went down like a lead balloon at the party conference. Thesaurus: to fail, or to… …
2go down like a lead balloon — humorous if something that you say or show to people goes down like a lead balloon, they do not like it at all. My joke about the alcoholic went down like a lead balloon …
3go down like a lead balloon — (UK) If something goes down like a lead balloon, it fails or is extremely badly received …
4go down like a lead balloon — ► go down like a lead balloon (of a speech, proposal, or joke) be poorly received. Main Entry: ↑lead …
5go down like a lead balloon — to completely fail to please someone The tax proposals went down like a lead balloon at the party conference …
6go over/down like a lead balloon — see ↑balloon, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑lead …
7go over like a lead balloon — (US) (or Brit go down like a lead balloon) informal of a joke, suggestion, etc. : to fail completely He told a joke about his mother in law and it went over like a lead balloon. [=no one laughed at the joke] My suggestion went over like a lead… …
8Go down like a lead balloon — fail dismally; fail to elicit the desired response …
9go down like a lead balloon — Australian Slang fail dismally; fail to elicit the desired response …
10lead balloon — lead bal|loon [ ,led bə lun ] noun go over/down like a lead balloon to completely fail to please people: My presentation went over like a lead balloon; nobody cracked a smile …
