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1 не иметь успеха
1) General subject: be abortive, come to ought, fail, go down like a lead balloon (о шутке или предложении), lose out, prove abortive, to be abortive2) Australian slang: go down the tubes3) Diplomatic term: meet with no success4) Business: be unsuccessful5) Makarov: come to nought, fall flat -
2 иметь проблемы
1) Australian slang: be in the cactus, be in the soup, go down like a lead balloon -
3 попасть в трудную ситуацию
Australian slang: go down like a lead balloonУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > попасть в трудную ситуацию
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4 попасть впросак
1) General subject: drop a clanger, find oneself in the wrong boat, get into a hobble, goof, make a floater, put foot in it, put foot into it, commit a gaffe, fall between two stools, be up a gumtree, get into a scrape2) Colloquial: be in a fix, be in a jam, be in a scrape, be in the cart, be in the soup, get into deep water, get into hot water, put your foot in your mouth3) American: pull a boner, spill the beans4) Australian slang: go down like a lead balloon5) Politics: put (one's) foot in it6) Set phrase: put one's foot in it, make a fool of (oneself)
См. также в других словарях:
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
go down like a lead balloon — humorous if something that you say or show to people goes down like a lead balloon, they do not like it at all. My joke about the alcoholic went down like a lead balloon … New idioms dictionary
go down like a lead balloon — (UK) If something goes down like a lead balloon, it fails or is extremely badly received … The small dictionary of idiomes
go down like a lead balloon — ► go down like a lead balloon (of a speech, proposal, or joke) be poorly received. Main Entry: ↑lead … English terms dictionary
go down like a lead balloon — to completely fail to please someone The tax proposals went down like a lead balloon at the party conference … English dictionary
go over/down like a lead balloon — see ↑balloon, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑lead … Useful english dictionary
go over like a lead balloon — (US) (or Brit go down like a lead balloon) informal of a joke, suggestion, etc. : to fail completely He told a joke about his mother in law and it went over like a lead balloon. [=no one laughed at the joke] My suggestion went over like a lead… … Useful english dictionary
Go down like a lead balloon — fail dismally; fail to elicit the desired response … Dictionary of Australian slang
go down like a lead balloon — Australian Slang fail dismally; fail to elicit the desired response … English dialects glossary
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
go down (or N. Amer. over) like a lead balloon — informal (of a speech, proposal, or joke) be poorly received. → the lead … English new terms dictionary