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Beat you to the punch. Bottoms up. One for the road. Tall drink of water. A cold one. You can lead a horse to water . . .

What are some other adages, sayings, expressions, or proverbs that include words mentioning/referencing drinks and/or drinking, even if they are not actually about drinks or the act of drinking something?



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Posted - July 19, 2022

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  • 44231
    Drunk as a skunk.
    Drinking in the view.
    Toss him in the drink.
      July 19, 2022 12:38 PM MDT
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  • 16256
    Down the hatch.
      July 19, 2022 7:15 PM MDT
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  • 9894
    Drink the Kool-Aid.
      July 19, 2022 8:28 PM MDT
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  • 44231
    Who are you talking to? (Careful Randall.)
      July 20, 2022 7:00 AM MDT
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  • 9894
    I think someone here has drunk the Kool-Aid, and it's not Randy.
      July 20, 2022 8:22 PM MDT
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  • 5455
    I know.  I poured him a glass of Kool-Aid.  He hasn’t touched it.  This post was edited by Livvie at July 22, 2022 10:58 PM MDT
      July 20, 2022 8:49 PM MDT
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  • 9894
    He won't even eat sandwiches if I make them. We have to find another approach. 
      July 21, 2022 6:13 AM MDT
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  • 44231
    Are you talking about Jonestown?

      July 21, 2022 6:22 AM MDT
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  • 9894
    That's where the expression 'drink the Kool-Aid' originated.
      July 21, 2022 6:31 AM MDT
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  • 701
    Drink like a fish
    Liquid courage
    Wet your whistle
      July 19, 2022 10:21 PM MDT
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  • 32700
    Whiskey glasses make everyone look
    fine as wine whether they have a beer belly or 6-pack abs.

    Milking it.

    This post was edited by my2cents at July 23, 2022 7:45 AM MDT
      July 20, 2022 2:21 PM MDT
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  • 10049
    Juiced up
    Coked out
    Spill the tea
    Watered down


      July 20, 2022 7:23 PM MDT
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  • 13260
    Umm, I don’t think coked out is about drinking. Sniff sniff!
      July 20, 2022 8:54 PM MDT
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  • 52953

     

      She’s focusing on the word “Coke” as in the beverage, completely within the stated parameters of my posted question.
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      July 20, 2022 10:04 PM MDT
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  • 13260
    But I assure that that phrase is not associated with drinking.
      July 20, 2022 10:13 PM MDT
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  • 52953

     

      It expressly states that it doesn’t have to be

    What are some other adages, sayings, expressions, or proverbs that include words mentioning/referencing drinks and/or drinking, even if they are not actually about drinks or the act of drinking something?

      I guess now you’ll be deleting your entire thread here, right? Modus operandi. 


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      July 20, 2022 10:17 PM MDT
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  • 13260
    That's nice. I will keep my post while you stew about imaginary rules. And I have seen you delete threads as well, Mr. Pot.
      July 20, 2022 10:20 PM MDT
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  • 52953

     

      I’ve never implied that I do not delete my posts when I’m in the wrong about something; I merely stated that it’s what you do too. 
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      July 20, 2022 10:22 PM MDT
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  • 13260
    OK.
      July 20, 2022 10:38 PM MDT
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  • 52953

    I thought you despise when others put useless and needless words in their posts, yet here you are with a three-word post that shouldn’t have been put up at all. Wait, I see. You only chide other people for useless words, but it is perfectly fine when you do it.  

      She wrote: None of my examples had anything to do with alcohol-type drinking. That’s why I replied as I did.

      July 23, 2022 7:14 AM MDT
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  • 13260
    Despise is your word. I just think it's poor writing, but I don't get that emotional. And to which three words are you referring?
      July 23, 2022 8:01 AM MDT
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  • 10049
    It was the Coke is a beverage aspect. None of my examples had anything to do with alcohol-type drinking. 
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      July 22, 2022 10:59 PM MDT
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  • 52953

     

      Stu was referring to the slang word ‘coke’ as in cocaine, as evidenced by his “sniff sniff”; the action of frequent cocaine sniffers whose nasal passages run profusely, not any type of beverage.

    :|

      July 22, 2022 11:04 PM MDT
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  • 13260
    Wow, ya think?
      July 23, 2022 1:29 AM MDT
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