bend one's elbow
(Redirected from bend somebody's elbow)
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Suggesting the motion of an arm raising a glass to drink.
Verb[edit]
bend one's elbow (third-person singular simple present bends one's elbow, present participle bending one's elbow, simple past and past participle bent one's elbow)
- (idiomatic) To drink alcoholic beverages, especially at a public house or bar.
- 2002, Jacques Stephen Alexis, In the Flicker of an Eyelid, page 32:
- One day is no worse than the next for El Caucho; so it's a whim when he starts bending his elbow or ties one on. When he is really "plastered," El Caucho looks grim, but he isn't really nasty.