sink like a stone

to fail completely He had published two novels, both of which sank like a stone.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Madhavi	-	Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Marathi, Hindi
AtÍLio	-	Portuguese
Hippolyte (1)	-	Greek Mythology
Moshe	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Syntyche	SIN-tə-kee (English)	Biblical, Biblical Greek, Ancient Greek
Murielle	muy-ree-EL	French