go down the wrong way

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

go down the wrong way idiom
If food or drink goes down the wrong way, it goes down the wrong tube in your throat and causes you to cough or stop breathing for a short time.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Eating ↑Biting, chewing and swallowing ↑Breathing and stopping breathing
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