sink like a stone
Descend without resistance
To sink like a stone is to drop rapidly and completely—whether literally into water or figuratively into failure, obscurity, or decline.
Objects that sink like a stone offer no resistance to gravity or circumstances: The movie opened well but sank like a stone in its second week.
His heart sank like a stone when he saw the envelope.
- go downMove to lower position
- failBe unsuccessful
- fall flatFail to impress
- drownDie by submersion
- lead balloonMetaphor for failure
tank · take a dive · submerge · nosedive · drop · plunge · debacle · collapse · anchor · fiasco · freefall · descent · hit rock bottom · founder · go belly up · plummet · bottom out · tumble
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Buoyant object or vehicle
buoy up · stay afloat · tread water · surface · rise
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Ascend to heights
skyrocket · take off · fly off the shelves · shoot up · go through the roof
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