sink like a stone

sink like a stone

To quickly and thoroughly fail. The new smartphone was meant to revolutionize the industry, but it sank like a stone after its commercial release.
See also: like, sink, stone
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • sink without (a) trace
  • sink without trace
  • sink, vanish, etc. without trace
  • app
  • inch up
  • out of the closet
  • best of all worlds
  • leave (something or someone) standing
  • leave somebody/something standing
  • leave someone or something standing
References in periodicals archive
I MAY be going against the grain of public opinion but I sincerely hope that England sink like a stone at the forthcoming European football Championships.
Team should sink like a stone; Views of the North
I MAY be going against the grain of public opinion, but I sincerely hope England sink like a stone at the European Championships.
England don't deserve to win; FEEDBACK