go down like a cup of sick

A form of go down like a cup of cold sick — To be received very poorly; to be highly unpopular.

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Meanings

verbgo down like a cup of sick (third-person singular simple present goes down like a cup of sick, present participle going down like a cup of sick, simple past went down like a cup of sick, past participle gone down like a cup of sick)

present singular third person goes down like a cup of sick · participle present going down like a cup of sick · past went down like a cup of sick · participle past gone down like a cup of sick

  1. alternativeAlternative form of go down like a cup of cold sick.

    My face flushed hot as I looked around. My joke had gone down like a cup of sick.

    2019, Malorie Blackman, Crossfire
    2 more examples

    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).

    2010, Tony Blair, A Journey, page 91

    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.

    2017, Maddie Jane, Transfixed
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APA

go down like a cup of sick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20down%20like%20a%20cup%20of%20sick

MLA

“go down like a cup of sick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20down%20like%20a%20cup%20of%20sick. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “go down like a cup of sick,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/go%20down%20like%20a%20cup%20of%20sick.

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