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• go down like a lead balloon — (humorous) To be conspicuously unsuccessful • • • Main Entry: ↑lead * * * go down like a lead balloon phrase to completely fail to please someone The tax proposals went down like a lead balloon at the party conference. Thesaurus: to fail, or to… …   Useful english dictionary

• balloon — bal•loon [[t]bəˈlun[/t]] n. 1) gam an inflatable rubber bag used as a toy or for decoration 2) aer. a fabric bag filled with heated air or a gas lighter than air, designed to rise and float, often with a gondola suspended under it for passengers… …   From formal English to slang

• balloon — bal|loon1 [ bə lun ] noun count * 1. ) a large strong bag filled with gas or hot air that can float in the air. Some balloons have a large basket hanging under them in which people can travel. a ) a small colored bag of thin rubber that you fill… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• List of Oz characters — For characters in the American TV series, see List of Oz (TV series) characters. This is a list of characters in the Oz books of L. Frank Baum, Ruth Plumly Thompson, John R. Neill, Jack Snow, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Eloise Jarvis McGraw and Lauren …   Wikipedia

• balloon — 1. An inflatable spherical or ovoid device used to retain tubes or catheters in, or provide support to, various body structures. 2. A distensible device used to stretch or occlude a viscus or blood vessel. 3. To distend a body cavi …   Medical dictionary

• lead balloon — lead bal|loon [ ,led bə lun ] noun go over/down like a lead balloon to completely fail to please people: My presentation went over like a lead balloon; nobody cracked a smile …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Balloon — Bal*loon , v. i. 1. To go up or voyage in a balloon. [1913 Webster] 2. To expand, or puff out, like a balloon. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium