| 单词 | liquid courage |
| 释义 | > as lemmasliquid courage liquid courage n. colloquial alcohol, esp. spirits, regarded as a means of increasing one's confidence or reducing one's inhibitions; cf. Dutch courage at courage n. 4d. ΚΠ 1826 London Evening Chron. 14 Mar. He has recourse to a glass of brandy... Upon swallowing the ‘liquid courage’, he perceives a red sediment at the bottom of the glass. 1919 C. E. Van Loan Taking Count 283 Another scalding swallow of liquid courage and he was on his feet, walking none too steadily, to the middle of the ring. 2014 Maxim Nov. 57/1 Before posing for a recent photo shoot, he needed a bit of liquid courage, he says. < as lemmas |
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