bend one's elbow »
To drink alcoholic beverages, especially at a public house or bar.
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close in on »
To enclose around; to tighten or shrink; to collapse.
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consume mass quantities »
To eat or drink abundant amounts of food or beverage.
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drink from a firehose »
To take a small amount from an enormous, hard-to-manage quantity.
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drink off »
To drink the entirety of in a short period; originally and especially, in a single gulp.
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drink up »
Finish one's drink.
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gin and tonic »
alcoholic drink
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ginger beer »
soft drink
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go down the wrong way »
To swallow food or drink so that it goes down the wrong tube in one's throat and makes one cough or for a short period lose one's breath or choke.
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goodbye cruel world »
A call said before taking a stiff drink, especially a shot of vodka.
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hair of the dog »
An alcoholic drink taken the morning after to cure a hangover or withdrawal symptoms.
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here's to »
Denoting proposed salutation while drinking alcohol, toast.
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hit the bottle »
To continually drink alcohol to excess, particularly in response to a setback.
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hot chocolate »
warm drink
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kick the habit »
To recover from or quit an addiction or habit. For example, to quit smoking, drinking, burping, or drug addiction.
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knock back »
To drink an alcoholic beverage swiftly or often.
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knock down »
To drink fast.
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liquid courage »
Alcohol drunk to induce a feeling of courage in the drinker.
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long drink »
Any drink containing more than 5 ounces of liquid and less than 9 ounces. Typically, a long drink will have lots of ice and mixer.
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make an exhibition of oneself »
She had far too much to drink and made an exhibition of herself by flirting with everyone.
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mickey finn »
spiked drink
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off licence »
drinks shop
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off the wagon »
No longer maintaining a program of self-improvement or abstinence from an undesirable habit, especially drinking alcohol.
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on the brink »
Very nearly; imminent; close.
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poison »
A drink; liquor.
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pour out »
To serve a drink into a cup or glass.
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prop up the bar »
To spend time drinking alcohol at the bar in a pub.
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put back »
To drink fast; to knock down alcohol.
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see a man »
To go have a drink or to meet one's bootlegger.
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shrinking violet »
A very shy person, who avoids contact with others if avoidable.
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slop bowl »
One of the four components of the traditional tea set. Tea drinkers emptied their unwanted, cold tea into the slop bowl before refilling their cups with fresh, hot tea.
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splice the mainbrace »
To have a drink.
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three-martini lunch »
A leisurely, expensive, midday meal associated with drinking, which is tax-deductible because business is discussed.
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twelve-ounce curls »
Drinking beer.
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two-fisted drinker »
Either someone who can handle their liquor well, or an alcoholic clutching a drink in each hand.
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wash down »
To help to swallow by drinking a liquid, after eating something, or taking a pill.
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wet one's whistle »
To have a drink; to quench one's thirst.
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wine tosser »
A person who buys wine, but does not drink it.
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you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink »
You can show someone how to do something, but you can't make them do it.
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