beer muscles
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- (idiomatic) An aggressive attitude resulting from consumption of an alcoholic beverage.
- 1979 July 14, “Letters: Summing Up Summerfest and Planning Ahead”, in Milwaukee Journal, retrieved 3 Jan. 2010, page 10:
- Many people, especially after a few beers, grow “beer muscles” and are ready to fight for any reason.
- 1999 June 18, Phil Mushnick, “In-Arena Shows Are Big Turnoff”, in New York Post, page 94:
- The show has become a come-on for drunks to flex their beer muscles.
- 2009 July 3, Andrew W. Lehren, Christine Hauser, “In New York City, Fewer Murders on Rainy Days”, in New York Times, retrieved 3 Jan. 2010:
- “Everybody's out partying, people start drinking, old beefs pop up, and people get their beer muscles out and start fighting.”
- (idiomatic, humorous) A protruding stomach, supposedly indicative of excessive consumption of beer.
- 1939, American Flint, volume 28, page 41:
- Grothers Gribble, Berger, Wolf, Shadwill and the writer are still nursing their “beer muscles.” I mean German goitres.
- 1982 September 2, “Brewing firms says small is better”, in Milwaukee Sentinel, retrieved 3 Jan. 2010:
- “You can't find a better-tasting beer,” said Farmer Cheatle, a resident who was losing a battle to hold in a bulging belly he called “beer muscles”.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beer, muscles.
Synonyms[edit]
- (aggressive attitude): bravado
- (paunch attributed to beer): beer baby, beer belly, beer gut, German goiter, Molson muscle
Translations[edit]
aggressive attitude
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protruding stomach
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