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Mia Le
2021-03-14 08:03
Go down like a lead balloon British American humorous
Something that you say or show to people causes displeasure or be badly received
Ken's joke about the sheep went down like a lead balloon.
Laura's new ideas about recycling plastic went down like a lead balloon.
We are conducting the research to find out the reasons why customers go down like a lead balloon with our products.
The phrase starts with a verb, therefore, it needs to be conjugated in the sentence.
There are two version of this phrase, in the UK is "Go down like a lead baloon" while it is "Go over like a lead baloon" in the US. In June 1924, this phrase was firstly used in the America cartoon - Mom-N Pop. In May 1947, it was appeared again in the The Atchison Daily Globe and widely used until nowadays.
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A way of saying that something never or unlikely happens
It'll be a cold day in July when I can speak fluently Spanish.
