如果你说的话或做的事 goes down like a lead balloon，这就意味着起不受欢迎，激起了他人的不满或反感。
- David's joke was in very poor taste. It went down like a lead balloon!
- The news of Jenny's engagement went down like a lead balloon when she told the girls – they couldn’t stand her boyfriend!
- The job cuts will go down like a lead balloon when the workers are told about them.
值得注意的是，通俗表达 to swing the lead 意思是假装生病逃避工作。
- I'm sick of having to do the work for my colleague – he's always swinging the lead!
