English Explanatory Dictionary

go down like a cup of cold sick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To be received very poorly; to be highly unpopular.

Word forms

go down like a cup of cold sick goes down like a cup of cold sick going down like a cup of cold sick went down like a cup of cold sick gone down like a cup of cold sick go down like a cup of sick

Etymology

Refers to sick in the Commonwealth sense of vomit.

Synonyms

go over like a fart in church go over like a lead balloon sink like a stone
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