go right through one
go right through (one)
Of food, drink, or medicine, to be rapidly excreted from the body (as urine or feces) very soon after being ingested. A shortening of "go right through one like a dose of salts," which refers to the use of Epsom salts as a laxative. I try not to drink more than one cup of coffee because it just goes right through me. I love Indian food, but I eat it so infrequently that when I do, it goes right through me.
See also: go, right, through
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
go right through one
see under go through one.
See also: go, one, right, through
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- go right through (one)
- go through someone like a dose of the salts
- go (right) through (one) like a dose of salts
- prostie
- prosties
- reg
- out of (one's) system
- out of one's system
- cig
- cuz