go down the wrong way



go down the wrong way

if food or drink goes down the wrong way, it goes down the wrong tube in your throat and makes you cough or stop breathing for a short time I'm all right, it's just a piece of chicken that went down the wrong way.
See also: down, way, wrong

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Manjula-Indian, Hindi, Telugu, Malayalam
MyrgjÖL-Ancient Scandinavian
Shufen-Chinese
Maryam-Arabic, Persian
GlendaGLEN-dəWelsh, English
Marinka-Croatian, Slovene