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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