zaglądać do butelki

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Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, to look into [the] bottle.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /zaɡˈlɔn.dad͡ʑ dɔ buˈtɛl.ki/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛlki

Verb[edit]

zaglądać do butelki impf (perfective zajrzeć do butelki)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic) to hit the bottle (to drink alcohol steadily and in excess, particularly in response to a setback)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pić
    • 2018 June 14, Jordan Hillary, translated by Adriana Sokołowska-Ostapko, Błoto, Otwarte, →ISBN:
      Często zaglądał do butelki. A jak człowiek wlewa w siebie za dużo tego świństwa, włazi w niego diabeł.
      He been messing with that whiskey. Ain't no devilment a man won't get hisself into when he's full of drink.

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