Go-over-like-a-lead-balloon Definition

verb

To fail to gain acceptance: to be received poorly.

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Origin of Go-over-like-a-lead-balloon

  • Presumably from go over (“to be received”), used as if literally (“to travel above”): a lead balloon would not travel well through the air.

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