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(as of Dec 15, 2007)
Sample Idiom
Down the Hatch
Sentence
"Down the hatch!" they cheered, as I swallowed my drink in one big gulp.
Explanation
to swallow a drink in one gulp
Origin
People used to have this expression for centuries. Sometime in the 1500s, a sailor realized
that a drink going into a person's mouth was like things going into the hatch of a ship.
He lifted a glass to his lips and shouted, "Down the hatch," and a new toast was born.
