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Definition of Horlicks in English: Horlicksnounˈhɔːlɪks mass nountrademark A drink made from malted milk powder. Example sentencesExamples - And look very closely at the labels on things like Horlicks and drinking chocolate.
- The survey was commissioned by the makers of malted drink Horlicks.
- The brand has been advertised with a sleep message since the 1920s, but GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Horlicks, has always been unable to explain the science behind the claim.
- On arriving at Happy Acres, I was ushered into the briefing room where I was served Horlicks and Hobnobs by a lovely young instructor called Marvin, who had bleached blond hair and an earring and who told me he was never too busy to chat.
- Nutritional drinks such as Horlicks also contain trans fats.
Phrases Example sentencesExamples - One final observation - she made a Horlicks of her job as moderator.
- Your reluctance to confess that, just like the rest of us you make a Horlicks of it now and again, is part of the problem.
- Apparently, the BBC accused the Government of sexing things up, although Jack Straw insists ministers prefer making a Horlicks.
- Felipe made a Horlicks of trying to pass Hamilton and so Kimi got the result.
- Oh, and he doesn't seem to mind that Hollywood regularly makes a complete Horlicks of his stories.
- Make sure you mark it, though, so you can restore it to the factory-set position if you make a Horlicks of things.
- He thought London 2012 Olympics boss Jowell was making a Horlicks of land deals for the Games and wanted to grab the job from her.
- I also remember watching a game once where John Parrott used the expression; ‘He's made a right Horlicks out of that!’
- Untracked by Brazil's midfield, Kranjcar times his run onto the ball perfectly, but then makes a Horlicks of his header at goal.
- Yes the traction control light will occasionally flicker, but the electronic intrusion is measured and actually helps you from making a Horlicks of things.
Synonyms make a mess of, bungle, botch, fluff, fumble, butcher, mess up
Origin Late 19th century: named after James and William Horlick, British-born brothers whose company first manufactured the drink in the US. bollocks from mid 18th century: Bollocks used to be ballocks, and in that spelling they go back to the time of the Anglo-Saxons. The word is related to ball, and like many rude words it was perfectly standard English until around the 18th century. It is now used in several colourful expressions. A bollocking, or severe telling-off, is more genteelly written as a rollicking (mid 20th century), and it is more refined to make a Horlicks of (late 20th century) something than to make a bollocks of it. The dog's bollocks is a coarse version of expressions like the bee's knees or the cat's pyjamas, meaning ‘an excellent person or thing’, which was popularized in the late 1980s by the comic Viz.
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