cast-iron stomach

Definitions

A capacity to consume without difficulty large quantities of alcohol, spicy food, spoiled food, or other food and drink that would normally cause indigestion.

figuratively

Examples

“An animal man, with a cast-iron stomach, or, perhaps quite as often a dyspeptic, with a suffering stomach and ruined health, will say⟳, “don’t keep⟳ thinking about your food; it will give⟳ you the dyspepsia.”

“I love⟳ to travel⟳ and to shop⟳, and I've got a cast-iron stomach, so I gain⟳ about ten pounds every trip⟳.”

“Carroll, with his normally cast-iron stomach, began to complain⟳ of stomach pains.”

“He must have⟳ a cast⟳ iron⟳ stomach too. He volunteered to finish⟳ off any spare⟳ sandwiches or apple cores or even orange peel, if there were any, going begging.”

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