| 单词 | lead balloon |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslead balloon lead balloon n. a failure, an unsuccessful venture. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful > that which is a failure fizzle1846 fiasco1855 frost1874 blue duck1889 wash-out1902 blowout1925 turkey1927 flopperoo1936 stiff1937 muck-up1942 bomb1954 fizzer1957 lead balloon1960 damp squib1963 bummer1967 downer1976 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 314/2 Lead balloon, a failure; a plan, joke, action or the like that elicits no favorable response; a flop; anything that lays an egg. 1962 L. Deighton Ipcress File xxv. 158 With this boy it went over like a lead balloon. 1970 Sunday Times 19 Apr. 31/3 What the Dickens? was a lead balloon literary quiz wherein the experts showed only how little they knew. < as lemmas |
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