Eipjoo Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Do the ‘down’s have the meaning of ‘toward’?
His suggestion did not go down very well.
The speech went down a treat with members
Do the ‘down’s have the meaning of ‘toward’?
The speech went down a treat with members
Do the ‘down’s have the meaning of ‘toward’?
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eipjoo His suggestion did not go down very well. = His suggestion was not well received. The people didn't like it.
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eipjooHis suggestion did not go down very well. = His suggestion was not well received. The people didn't like it.
The speech went down a treat with members.
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eipjooDo the ‘down’s have the meaning of ‘toward’?No. They are both part of a larger idiom.
to go down well - to be accepted with enthusiasm
to go down a treat with - to be considered a treat by; to be enjoyable to
The second idiom is chiefly British. It isn't used in North America at all as far as I know.
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