Question

Down the Hatch swallow a drink in one gulp

Accepted Answer

Grandma handed me a glass of smelly medicine and said, "Down the hatch." People have used this expression for centuries. A ship's passengers, crew, and cargo pass through an opening in the deck called the hatch. Sometime in the mid-1500s a clever toastmaker, probably a sailor, realized that a drink going into a person's mouth was like things going into the hatch of a ship. He lifted a glass to his lips and said, "Down the hatch," and a new toast was born.

Idiom	Down the Hatch
Example	Grandma handed me a glass of smelly medicine and said, "Down the hatch."
Meaning	swallow a drink in one gulp
Origin	People have used this expression for centuries. A ship's passengers, crew, and cargo pass through an opening in the deck called the hatch. Sometime in the mid-1500s a clever toastmaker, probably a sailor, realized that a drink going into a person's mouth was like things going into the hatch of a ship. He lifted a glass to his lips and said, "Down the hatch," and a new toast was born.

Hatch Glass Drink Grandma Handed Smelly Medicine Swallow