Meaning of beer muscles | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An aggressive attitude resulting from consumption of an alcoholic beverage.
   idiomatic, plural, plural-only
2. A protruding stomach, supposedly indicative of excessive consumption of beer.
   humorous, idiomatic, plural, plural-only
3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beer, muscles.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

“Many people, especially after a few beers, grow⟳ “beer muscles” and are ready to fight⟳ for any reason⟳.”

“The show⟳ has become⟳ a come-on for drunks to flex their beer muscles.”

““Everybody's out partying, people start⟳ drinking, old beefs pop up, and people get⟳ their beer muscles out and start⟳ fighting.””

“Grothers Gribble, Berger, Wolf, Shadwill and the writer are still nursing their “beer muscles.” I mean⟳ German goitres.”

““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”.”

“Nick made legs of his fingers and walked them on the baby's belly. . . . “[L]ook at those beer muscles!””

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