go down the wrong way
go down the wrong way
Of food or drink, to be swallowed in such a way that one briefly chokes and/or starts coughing. Oh, she'll be all right, I think she just took a drink and it went down the wrong way.
See also: down, go, way, wrong
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
go down the wrong way
(of food) enter the windpipe instead of the gullet.See also: down, go, way, wrong
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