例句-1:Our friends didn't know that my wife is not a nature lover until they invited us to go camping for the weekend. They realized their idea went go over like a lead balloon after she told them she had no intention of sleeping on the ground in a tent. Finally, we decided we'd go to a fancy resort instead.
美国一些著名球队都是以土著印第安人命名的,就象华盛顿的红人队,The Red Skins。可是现在很少球队还这样做。为什么呢?
例句-2:Once it was popular to name sports teams after Native Americans, like the Chiefs or the Redskins. But if you tried that these days, you'd find the suggestion would go over like a lead balloon. To many people, it's too insulting because it encourages negative stereotypes of Native Americans as violent.