brown bottle flu

brown bottle flu

slang A hangover. I'm not surprised you have the brown bottle flu today—do you remember last night at the bar at all?
See also: bottle, brown, flu
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

brown bottle flu

n. a hangover or sickness from drinking. (Probably from beer, which is often sold in brown bottles.) Wayne had a case of the brown bottle flu and didn’t make the meeting.
See also: bottle, brown, flu
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • brown
  • crack a bottle
  • bottle of Dog
  • on the bottle
  • bottle up
  • cork high and bottle deep
  • the genie is out of the bottle
  • stubbie
  • stubby
  • hit the bottle