down the hatch

phrase

: into the throat and digestive system

I'd drink it, all of it, down the hatch, an entire quart of water.

—Raymond Carver

Examples of down the hatch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Once upon a time, a drink or two at a holiday party went down the hatch with no problems. — Maria Godoy, NPR, 8 Dec. 2025

But, 15 to 20 minutes after the milkshake had gone down the hatch, the researchers found another wave of dopamine in people’s brains. — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2018

Your stomach’s primary digestive juice, hydrochloric acid, can dissolve metal, but plastic toys that go down the hatch will come out the other end as good as new. — Leeaundra Keany, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2010

Rhymes for down the hatch

• isopach
• attach
• bycatch
• despatch
• detach
• dispatch
• mismatch
• nuthatch
• potlatch
• bache
• batch
• brach