English Dictionary

go down the wrong way

動詞

慣用表現 飲食物

(idiomatic, of food or drink) To go down the trachea (windpipe) in one's throat instead of the esophagus (the tube in the throat for swallowed food and fluids), typically resulting in coughing or choking.

日本語の意味

食べ物や飲み物が誤って、飲み込むときに食道ではなく気管に入ってしまい、咳や窒息を引き起こす現象。 / 食事中に、通常通るべき経路（食道）ではなく、誤って気管に入ってしまうことによって発生する喉の不調。

Try not to laugh while drinking, or the milk might go down the wrong way and make you cough.

飲んでいるときに笑うと、牛乳が誤って気管に入って咳き込んでしまうことがあります。

意味（1）

(idiomatic, of food or drink) To go down the trachea (windpipe) in one's throat instead of the esophagus (the tube in the throat for swallowed food and fluids), typically resulting in coughing or choking.

She took a big drink of milk and it went down the wrong way. She was coughing for the next two minutes.

goes down the wrong way （ present singular third-person ）

going down the wrong way （ participle present ）

went down the wrong way （ past ）

gone down the wrong way （ participle past ）