Against my breath

Curse These Metal Hands

Was out with people earlier and got into a coughing fit. I said "something went against my breath" and nobody had ever heard that phrase before. What do you call it when something goes down the wrong way and makes you cough?

Archeron

That went down the wrong tube

Carodh

Went with my breath or went down the wrong way.

RedCardKid

Went the wrong way .... lucky it went down and not up or you might be wearing it.

Jim_Hodge

Down the wrong way or with your breath.

Yeah, I'd use that phrase myself. Happens to me in the office now and again. Last time it was going on for about two minutes until someone could be heard muttering, "FFS, will you ever shut up?". P*ssing yourself laughing during a coughing fit isn't fun either.

Ye I've heard it before. If you're ever holding a baby and go outside and it's a bit windy, it can go against their breath and they get a little fright.

iamwhoiam

Yes I use went against my breath . Is it a Dublin phrase

SEPT 23 1989

Went down the wrong way is the standard

went against my breath if you are staring in a Hollywood movie

Something going against your breath is not the same as something going down the wrong way! They're completely different things.

You can actually grow plants and things in your lungs because something went down the wrong way.

Curse These Metal Hands

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I always heard it growing up in the South East. Maybe a Leinster thing