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
Pancho	PAHN-cho	Spanish
Noelene	-	English (Rare)
Jazlyn	JAZ-lin	English (Modern)
Nirav	-	Indian, Gujarati, Marathi
Samo	-	Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Abraham	AY-brə-ham (English), AH-brah-hahm (Dutch)	English, Hebrew, Spanish, French, Dutch, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Biblical, Biblical Lati