go down like a cup of cold sick
To be received very poorlyTo be received very poorly; to be highly unpopular.
Meaning
1 senses(Australia, New Zealand, UK, slang)To be received very poorly; to be highly unpopular.
Examples
82 sentencesI couldn't go to work because I was sick.
Я не міг прийти на роботу, бо хворів. — deniko
ruЯ не мог идти на работу, потому что я болел. — Balamax
deIch konnte nicht arbeiten gehen, weil ich krank war. — Zaghawa
I didn't go to the party because I was sick.
Я не пішов на вечірку, бо захворів. — deniko
I told Tom you went home sick.
Tom is going to be worried sick.
Tom didn't go because he was sick.
Origin
Refers to sick in the Commonwealth sense of vomit.Refers to sick in the Commonwealth sense of vomit.
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Forms
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| Base form | go down like a cup of cold sick · to go down like a cup of cold sick |
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| 3rd person singular | goes down like a cup of cold sick |
| Present participle | going down like a cup of cold sick |
| Past simple | went down like a cup of cold sick |
| Past participle | gone down like a cup of cold sick |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | go down like a cup of cold sick |
| he, she, it | goes down like a cup of cold sick |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | went down like a cup of cold sick |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have gone down like a cup of cold sick |
| he, she, it | has gone down like a cup of cold sick |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will go down like a cup of cold sick |
Synonyms
3 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.