lead balloon

An utter failure and/or something that causes displeasure. Often heard in the phrase "go over like a lead balloon." A: "How do you think everyone will react to the lack of bonuses this year?" B: "Oh, that news will go over like a lead balloon!" I thought I'd finally had a breakthrough with my latest invention, but it turned out to be a lead balloon, like all the others.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bogdan	BAWG-dahn (Polish), BOG-dahn (Serbian, Croatian), bog-DAHN (Romanian)	Polish, Russian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Romanian, Medieval Slavic
Nana (2)	nah-nah	Japanese
Yarona	-	Hebrew
Parr	[pa:]
Antonija	-	Croatian, Serbian, Slovene
Larissa	lə-RIS-ə (English)	English, Portuguese (Brazilian), Greek Mythology (Latinized)