go down like a sack of potatoes
English
Alternative forms
- drop like a sack of potatoes
Verb
go down like a sack of potatoes (third-person singular simple present goes down like a sack of potatoes, present participle going down like a sack of potatoes, simple past went down like a sack of potatoes, past participle gone down like a sack of potatoes)
- (simile, informal) To fall hard and fast; to fall ungracefully.