用to go down like a lead balloon表达“不受欢迎或起反效果

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!