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In China and India - the two biggest international markets for Australia - the news is going down like a lead balloon.

From BBC

The risk is that the increase will go down like a lead balloon with some commuters.

From BBC

“He repeated Jared Kushner’s statement about beachfront property, which I think floated like a lead balloon in the room,” the person said.

From Salon

Then, they scored what should become an even bigger win: The state’s Independent Redistricting Commission rolled out its latest attempt to satisfactorily redraw the state’s congressional lines, which went over like a lead balloon.

From Slate

A national six-week abortion ban “would go over like a lead balloon” with New Hampshire voters, Mr. Osborne said after Mr. DeSantis’s Rochester event.

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