Jesús Román León
What is the meaning of "go down well / badly" ? David's joke didn't go down too well.
2017년 1월 28일 오후 4:07
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Hi Jesús, When something "doesn't go down too well," it means that the end result is worse than originally expected. In this example, David told a joke that he may have thought was funny, but once the joke came out and people didn't laugh (or worse, people felt offended), the joke "didn't go down too well." Please let me know if my answer isn't clear.
2017년 1월 28일
In the example you provided, it means the joke wasn't funny or perhaps even offensive. To "go down well" means something succeeded. To "go down badly" means something failed.
2017년 1월 28일
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