go over like a lead balloon

Fig. to fail completely; to go over badly. Your joke went over like a lead balloon. If that play was supposed to be a comedy, it went over like a lead balloon. Her suggestion went over like a lead balloon.

go over like a lead balloon

in. [for something meant to be good] to fail to be good. (see also go over big.) I’m afraid your plan went over like a lead balloon.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Djamila	-	Arabic
Baldassare	-	Italian
Ramachandra	-	Hinduism, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Ciriaco	chee-ree-AH-ko (Italian), thee-ree-AH-ko (Spanish), see-ree-AH-ko (Latin American Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Isabell	ee-zah-BEL	German
Marciana	-	Ancient Roman, Portuguese (Brazilian)