Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go down like a cup of cold sick

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: go -down -like a cup of -cold sick
IPA

49

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

4

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be received very poorly; to be highly unpopular.

Australian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"Need I tell you that this last analysis went down like a cup of cold sick, waterworks turned on, hanky out, male sex maligned, wailing and gnashing of teeth, all culminating in yours truly agreeing to jump on the first Laker standby to Timbuctoo in search of Prodigal Son."
"It wasn't quite the same in Uzbekistan. Washington muttered something about all sides in Uzbekistan showing restraint. This must have gone down like a cup of cold sick with the families of the 750 or so dead in Uzbekistan."
"'It went down like a cup of cold sick,' he said to me, almost gleefully, tapping on his computer keyboard to try to locate a copy of the newsletter."

Etymology

Refers to sick in the Commonwealth sense of vomit.

Usage

Inflected Forms

goes down like a cup of cold sick (present, singular) going down like a cup of cold sick (participle, present) went down like a cup of cold sick (past) gone down like a cup of cold sick (participle, past) go down like a cup of sick (alternative)

Synonyms

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

Questions

What does go down like a cup of cold sick mean?: To be received very poorly; to be highly unpopular.
Where does go down like a cup of cold sick come from?: Refers to sick in the Commonwealth sense of vomit.

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