If someone’s balloon has lost its string, it means “they’ve come unmoored”. Something unusual or odd has come about in their character. Patrice Evans used the illustration in his description of Tracy Morgan in an article for Grantland (no relation to our show’s co-host). This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “His Balloon Has Lost Its String”
I saw a great turn of phrase that I thought you would want to hear.
Great.
Patrice Evans writing for Grantland, which is a sports site started by Bill Simmons. It’s a great new site with a lot of long-form journalism.
He described the actor Tracy Morgan, who is on 30 Rock. It says, Tracy Morgan’s balloon has lost its string. It’s a way of saying that he’s unusual or odd or even crazy.
Yeah, that he’s come unmoored.
Yes, exactly.
Which I think is kind of true with that last rant.
Yeah, yeah.
His Hindenburg is floating free.
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