Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

go down like a cup of sick

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

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

42

Scrabble Score

20

Letters

3

Syllables

15

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of go down like a cup of cold sick.

Example Sentences

"But I remember saying after one of their gigs — and, by the way, Billy Bragg was someone I got to know later and really liked — 'We need to reach the people listening to Duran Duran and Madonna' (a comment which went down like a cup of sick)."
"Harper valued independence and hard work above most other things so, as Annie had expected, the 'I'm not doing the course anymore' conversation was going down like a cup of sick."
"My face flushed hot as I looked around. My joke had gone down like a cup of sick."

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does go down like a cup of sick mean?: Alternative form of go down like a cup of cold sick.

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