go down like a sack of potatoes

== English == === Alternative forms === drop like a sack of potatoes === Verb === go down like a sack of potatoes (third-person singular simple present goes down like a sack of potatoes, present participle going down like a sack of potatoes, simple past went down like a sack of potatoes, past participle gone down like a sack of potatoes) (simile, informal) To fall hard and fast; to fall ungracefully.