Name: 英語家教Nick P成語（268） Down With Someone or Something（與某人或某事同在）。 (English Tutor Nick P Idioms (268) Down With Someone or Something)
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Idioms 268.  The idiom today is down with

未來簡單式

someone or something. Okay. We have three meanings here and each meaning I'll give

two examples with. All right. So let's look at the first meaning. If someone ís ...  if

someone says down with someone or something,  he or she does not like them

and wants them to cease meaning like stop,  fail or be removed. Get rid of them.

All right. So let's look at a couple of examples. The first example here says the

protesters yelled " down with GMO foods. "  So maybe it was a protest about GMO foods.

All right or number two. During the French Revolution,  many people shouted down with

the king and queen. So again remove them.  Get rid of them. So down with them. Okay

number two. If someone is down with something , he or she agrees with or

approves of someone or something. So they like it. So it is a very different meaning.

All right. The  first example here says I'm not down with doing anything that is

technically illegal. All right. So in this case it means that you don't agree with it.

Because remember,  it can mean either agree or or approve and you're using in

the negative. So if you're saying you're not down with it. It  means you don't agree

with it. You don't want to do it. So I'm not down with doing anything that is

technically illegal. So you don't want to get involved in that. Or number two. You

could say I'm down with going to KTV. Yes.  Sometimes you say that you would like to

do it. You approve of something. You want to do it.  I like to sing. So somebody

might say I'm down with it. So you you agree with it. You approve of it.

All right. The third one here means affected by an illness. So we could also

use down with in this sense, So number one here said,  she called in sick because she

came down with the flu. All right. Yeah. So if

somebody you know,  comes down with something or they are down with an illness. It

basically means that they caught it . They got it. All right.

Or number two here. She came down with malaria after her trip to Africa . Yes.

Okay. Good.  So I hope it's clear.  I hope you got it.