Meaning of cast-iron stomach | Babel Free

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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