Balloon

If the balloon goes ____, a situation becomes worrying or unpleasant.

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Idioms can be misleading. :cry:
(Voted first, then checked it out.)
 
This one certainly is. ;-)
 
I got this one right, but I was thinking about a weather balloon rising in unstable weather conditions (I.E. about to storm). However, it comes from WWI when balloons were launched to signal artillery strikes.
 
I am so stupid! I wanted to be fast :roll:
 
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