"go down like a cup of cold sick" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Refers to sick in the Commonwealth sense of vomit.",
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      "form": "goes down like a cup of cold sick",
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      "form": "going down like a cup of cold sick",
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      "form": "went down like a cup of cold sick",
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      "form": "gone down like a cup of cold sick",
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        {
          "ref": "1997, Carol Thatcher, Below the Parapet, page 185",
          "text": "Need I tell you that this last analysis went down like a cup of cold sick, waterworks turned on, hanky out, male sex maligned, wailing and gnashing of teeth, all culminating in yours truly agreeing to jump on the first Laker standby to Timbuctoo in search of Prodigal Son.",
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        {
          "ref": "2006, Neil Mackay, The War on Truth, page 426",
          "text": "It wasn't quite the same in Uzbekistan. Washington muttered something about all sides in Uzbekistan showing restraint. This must have gone down like a cup of cold sick with the families of the 750 or so dead in Uzbekistan.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2019, Michelle Duff, Jacinda Ardern: The Story Behind an Extraordinary Leader",
          "text": "'It went down like a cup of cold sick,' he said to me, almost gleefully, tapping on his computer keyboard to try to locate a copy of the newsletter.",
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        "To be received very poorly; to be highly unpopular."
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        "(slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand) To be received very poorly; to be highly unpopular."
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        {
          "word": "go over like a fart in church"
        },
        {
          "word": "go over like a lead balloon"
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          "word": "sink like a stone"
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          "word": "go down like a cup of sick"
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  "word": "go down like a cup of cold sick"
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      "form": "going down like a cup of cold sick",
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          "ref": "1997, Carol Thatcher, Below the Parapet, page 185",
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        "(slang, UK, Australia, New Zealand) To be received very poorly; to be highly unpopular."
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    {
      "word": "go down like a cup of sick"
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  "word": "go down like a cup of cold sick"
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