Down the hatch!

down the hatch

Down one's throat. This phrase is usually said before one drinks something (often something that has an especially foul or strong taste). "Well, down the hatch!" Ellen said before taking her cough medicine. Shots are on me. Down the hatch, girls!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Down the hatch!

exclam. Let’s drink it! (see also hatch.) Down the hatch! Have another?
See also: down
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • be down to something
  • be down to (do something)
  • come a gutser
  • ask down
  • be down to (one)
  • be down to somebody/something
  • bounce up and down
  • bear down
  • bog down
  • bogged down
References in periodicals archive
DOWN THE HATCH! Leo Barradine, Matt Miller and Chris Reader, of Jumpin' Jaks, with a turkey sandwich