| 单词 | bottle bravery |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbottle bravery C6. attributive with the sense ‘associated with the effects of drinking alcohol; produced by drinking alcohol’ (see sense 3), as bottle bravery, bottle swagger, bottle talk, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > Dutch courage > [noun] pot-valour?1623 pot courage1806 Dutch courage1826 bottle bravery1830 pot-valiantry1845 pot-valiance1872 pot valiancy1876 1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 151 He reel'd his wonted bottle-swagger. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. vi. viii. 316 His fits of bottle-bravery. 1833 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 356 There is nothing for it but, after libation,..to set in for polite conversation. Luckily that name may fairly be applied to the λόγοι ἐπικυλικείοι, the bottle-talk of Athens. a1849 E. Elliott More Verse & Prose (1850) I. 163 This ap'd her laughter, that her whine, Her ‘bottle-swagger’ some. 1920 Collier's 14 Feb. 55/2 The kind of courage I admire ain't drum courage.., nor it ain't bottle courage. 2007 S. Blume Strangers on Shore xiii. 50 I..asked for..a double scotch and water for myself. I felt the need for a confidence boost and some bottle bravery. 2014 R. Riopelle Deadroads xv. 226 He downed the bourbon in one gulp... ‘North. Time it right, you can ride the rails north.’ It was bottle talk. < as lemmas |
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