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Jenne Phuong
2021-08-26 01:08
Sink like a lead balloon British verb phrase
If something "sinks like a lead balloon", it is unpopular or uninterested, or fails completely.
I guess that her latest movie will sink like a lead balloon because of her scandal.
Our plan to go camping has sunk like a lead balloon due to the bad weather.
His joke sank like a lead balloon.
The verb "sink" should be conjugated according to its tense.
The phrase is American in origin and the first mention of a "lead balloon" with the meaning of something that fails comes from a Mom-N Pop cartoon that was syndicated in several US newspapers in June 1924.
Do you see anything wrong?
Doing something or using something a lot.
He's constantly drinking like it's going out of fashion.
