balloon goes up | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Chiefly preceded bythe: somethingexciting,risky, ortroublesomebegins.[from early 20th c.]― When is your job interview?― Theballoon goes upat 10 tomorrow.1909,Putnam's Magazine‎[1], quoted inOED ⎥ Oxford English Dictionary online, retrieved22 August 2024:‘You tell Alfonso..that one more break like that will give him a good swift start for Spain.’..‘In brief, Alfonso, cut out the musical extras or yourballoon goes up.’1932August 17,P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter 16, inHot Water, Woodstock; New York, N.Y.:The Overlook Press, published1983,→ISBN,page209:This was the moment when he must put his fortune to the test, to win or lose it all. Now or never must theballoon go up.1967,Barbara Sleigh,Jessamy, Sevenoaks, Kent: Bloomsbury, published1993,→ISBN, page73:”Time’s up, my chickens!” “What time?” said Fanny. “Why, the truce, of course!” said Harry. “You’ve had your twenty-four hours and longer. After dinner tonight theballoon goes up.” Andgo up it did.1980April 15,Joseph P[atrick] Addabbo(chairman, Subcommittee on theDepartment of Defense);Donald R[aymond] Keith(witness), “Army Research and Development”, inDepartment of Defense Appropriations for 1981: Hearings before a Subcommittee of theCommittee on Appropriations,House of Representatives, Ninety-sixthCongress, Second Session[…]Part 3: Research, Development, and Acquisition, Washington, D.C.:U.S. Government Printing Office,→OCLC,page681:Mr.Addabbo.[…]But TACFIRE, because it is big and noisy and radiates heat, is vulnerable. If theballoon goes upTACFIRE won't last long. It is also very old technology. /[…]GeneralKeith.[…]What I am saying is if theballoon goes uptomorrow, we will have something over the next few years to greatly enhance the efficiency of our field artillery.[…]I cannot tell you when we will be able to say when theballoon goes upwe have got something that is that much better.For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:balloon goes up.

Examples:

EN: The balloon goes up.
ES: Todo se pierde en el aire.
ES: El momento se acerca.
EN: This is where the balloon goes up, mister.
ES: Hasta aqui llego su impertinencia, señor.
EN: Man, I don't intend to get put in the bag when the balloon goes up.
ES: No tengo intención de quedarme aquí.
EN: - Until the balloon goes up.
ES: - Hasta que estalle el globo.
EN: The balloon goes up tonight.
ES: El globo explotará hoy.
EN: of a better expression... the balloon goes up.
ES: una mejor expresion... el globo sube.
EN: I hate to break this up, but I've got to be there when the balloon goes up.
ES: Lamento interrumpir, pero es que tengo que subir con el globo.
EN: One little kiss and the balloon goes up.
ES: Les das un beso y se suben a la parra.
EN: Yeah, well, if that balloon goes up tonight, I want you sittin' in my lap.
ES: Vale, si algo falla esta noche, te quiero a mi lado.
EN: And then the balloon goes up!
ES: Y entonces salta la liebre.
EN: Tonight the balloon goes up.
ES: Esta noche soltamos el globo.
EN: Because George says we'll need it when the balloon goes up.
ES: George dice que las necesitaremos cuando despegue el globo.
EN: Be different when the balloon goes up - explosions, chaos.
ES: Será diferente cuando este globo explote. Explosiones, disparos, caos.
EN: (The balloon goes up high.)
ES: (El globo sube alto.)
EN: Eh, it will takes us to Sumatra where the balloon goes up.
ES: Nos llevará a Sumatra cuando todo empeore.

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