go down the wrong way

Verb

 * 1)  To go down the trachea (windpipe) in one's throat instead of the esophagus (the tube in the throat for swallowed food and fluids), typically resulting in coughing or choking.
 * She took a big drink of milk and it went down the wrong way. She was coughing for the next two minutes.

Translations

 * Finnish: mennä väärään kurkkuun
 * Russian: попа́сть не в то го́рло
 * Swedish: sätta i vrångstrupen