go down like a lead balloon

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go 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.

See also: balloon, lead, like

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Did we go down like a lead balloon or did other nations embrace laughter Irish-style? We love telly: PICK OF THE DAY - It's a funny old world.. - BOOM BOOM ... by The Mirror (London, England) No doubt the move will go down like a lead balloon with his staff. Today's TVL: Abby takes a shot in the dark by The Journal (Newcastle, England) Loose Women's topic of the day was Wayne's liking of the odd flutter and it was clear from the studio audience that even the merest hint of him blowing 700k on the gee-gees was anything more than teenage exuberance would go down like a lead balloon. Loose Women: I Roo the day that I joked about England-shire's hero ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			go beet red go beetroot go before go begging go behind back go belly up go below go berserk go beyond go blank go broke go by the board go by the book go by the name of Go chase yourself! go cold turkey go commando go crazy go deep go down a treat go down fighting go down for the third time go down in defeat go down in flames go down in history go down like a lead balloon go down like ninepins go down on knees go down that road go down the chute go down the line go down the plughole go down the tubes go down the wrong way go downhill go Dutch go easy go easy on go fifty-fifty Go figure Go figure! Go fly a kite! go for broke go for nothing go for the jugular go forward with go from bad to worse go from one extreme to the other go from rags to riches go from strength to strength Go fry an egg!			go crazy Go Cross Campus go cup Go Daddy Go Daddy Group Go Daddy Group, Inc Go Daddy Software Go Daddy Software, Inc Go Dearborn Online Message Board go deep go deep go deep into Go Die in a Fire go different ways Go Do Your Homework go down go down go down go down go down go down a treat go down fighting go down for the third time go down in defeat go down in defeat go down in flames go down in history go down in the world go down in the world go down in the world go down like a lead balloon go down like ninepins go down like ninepins go down like ninepins go down on go down on knees go down that road go down the chute go down the drain Go Down the Hierarchy go down the line go down the line go down the line go down the line go down the line go down the plughole go down the tube go down the tube go down the tube go down the tube go down the tubes go down the tubes go down the tubes go down the tubes go down the wrong way go down to defeat go downhill go downhill go Dutch go Dutch go Dutch

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