Examples of 'lead balloon' in a sentence

Meaning of "lead balloon"

lead balloon: An idiomatic expression suggesting that something has failed or been received very poorly. It implies that an idea, suggestion, or action was unsuccessful or met with disapproval

How to use "lead balloon" in a sentence

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This will go over like a lead balloon.
Like a lead balloon.
All of a sudden she dropped like a lead balloon.
You were a lead balloon long before this porker munched his way to eternity.
That went down like a lead balloon.
Henry, you were a lead balloon long before this porker munched his way to eternity.
My head feels like a lead balloon.
You were a lead balloon long before this porker munched his way to eternity . Thanks.
That went over like a lead balloon.
That 's definitely a lead balloon situation, that one.
This went over more or less like a lead balloon.
When the proper location is reached, lead balloon 48 is deflated using the syringe.
Real estate values are falling faster than a lead balloon.
Both of which will go over like a lead balloon with Zalesky.
Sometimes knowledge can weigh us down like a lead balloon.

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It went down like a lead balloon.
Yeah . Just so you know, your big idea is going down like a lead balloon.
What used to fly may be a lead balloon now.
His sister, Anna Crilly, is a comedian and actress who stars in Lead Balloon.
The kind that comes with carrying around a lead balloon for nine months.
Dee was making sex jokes that were going over like a lead balloon.
And I swim like a lead balloon.
And unsurprisingly they have all gone down like a lead balloon.
Well, that went down like a lead balloon.
Meanwhile, as the rustic rollicking continued in the king 's palace it was lead balloon time.
Then Ds will drop her like a lead balloon.
Hank Oh, Jesus, everything 's going to go over like a lead balloon.
Those "Ed Commandments went over like a lead balloon at my house.
Cause I would drop everything like a lead balloon.
Everything 's going to go over like a lead balloon.
Not in America - it goes down like a lead balloon.
Thank you so much . That went over like a lead balloon.
A television source told The Sun, ' This has gone down like a lead balloon at the BBC.
Went down like a fuckin ' lead balloon.
Brady's salary comments 'go down like lead balloon.
I said, well, that went down like a lead balloon.
It's unbelievable like a lead balloon.
Well, at the time, like, it went over like a lead balloon really.
Oh, Jesus, it 's gonna go over like a lead balloon.
Me? Oh, Jesus, everything 's going to go over like a lead balloon.
Oh, Jesus, thing's going to go over like a lead balloon.
I believe it also is pronounced " lead . " Like lead balloon.
No way. Well, that's gone down like a lead balloon.

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