Explain to me, please, what go down means in the following sentence:
A cold beer would go down a treat.
Does it mean swallow here?
do you probably mean
to go down the throat. ??
No, Michael. I read it in a book. Here is the conversation:
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I’m fed up with revising. Let’s go out for a beer.
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Now you’re talking! A cold beer would go down a treat.
This phrasal verb idiom has the idea of being acceptable. Consider these :
Your speech went down well at the wedding.(People enjoyed it)
My comments about the meal didn’t go down well with the cook. (The cook was annoyed with my remarks)
On a formal occasion like this casual clothes just don’t go down at all well. (People disapprove of these clothes)
Thank you Alan and Hany.