bend one’s elbow



bend one’s elbow

and bend the elbow and lift one’s elbow
tv. to take a drink of an alcoholic beverage; to drink alcohol to excess. He’s down at the tavern, bending his elbow. If you didn’t spend so much time lifting your elbow, you’d get more done.
See also: bend, elbow

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Piliranipil-ee-RAH-neeSouthern African, Chewa
Barney['bɑ:ni]
GeoffJEFEnglish
Amets-Basque
Harun-Arabic, Turkish, Bosnian
Madeleinema-də-LEN (French), mad-LEN (French), MAD-ə-lin (English), MAD-ə-lien (English)French, English, Swedish