simple past tense and past participle of shove something down someone's throat

An otherwise unpleasant situation can be pleasant when a pleasant aspect is deliberately introduced.

Alternative form of pick up what someone is putting down

(idiomatic) To understand, pay attention to, or learn from what someone says or does.

present participle of pick up what someone is putting down

(figuratively) All trends will end; a rise (in the stock market, in a person's political or social influence, etc.) will be followed by a fall.

To let one's hair down, especially on the part of a man who is very straight-laced.

(simile, slang, vulgar) Used to describe penetrative sex with a woman who has a large, spacious vagina.

In order to save water, only flush the toilet after defecation, not after urination.

Alternative form of a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down