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)

1. (simile, informal) To fall hard and fast; to fall ungracefully.