a stiff drink

A very strong alcoholic drink; liquor (alcoholic spirits) that is undiluted or unmixed. I felt like I needed a stiff drink after such a frightening car accident. I suggest pouring yourself a stiff drink before you look at the financial results for this quarter.

a ˌstiff ˈdrink

a strong alcoholic drink: That was a shock — I need a stiff drink!

See also: drink, stiff

Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

See also:

pick your poison
What are you drinking?
What are you having?
What would you like to drink?
belt a drink down
name your poison
into the drink
be in the drink
drink someone under the table
drink under the table

References in periodicals archive

She told LBC radio: "I think I probably needed a stiff drink afterwards."

I needed a stiff drink after speech says May

IT looked like David Cameron needed a stiff drink yesterday to take his mind off the debacle surrounding his mates Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson.

Steady on Dave, it's been bad but.

"I could not believe the audacity of these criminals." Her husband, she said, was somewhat shaken, so while the police dusted the house for fingerprints, he had "a stiff drink" to settle his nerves.

South African shootout. (Exercising the Right)

Labour MP Tony Banks said: "The only way of coping with having a stiff for a Prime Minister is to have a stiff drink."

A Major hangover

词组	a stiff drink
释义	a stiff drink a stiff drink A very strong alcoholic drink; liquor (alcoholic spirits) that is undiluted or unmixed. I felt like I needed a stiff drink after such a frightening car accident. I suggest pouring yourself a stiff drink before you look at the financial results for this quarter. See also: drink, stiff Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. a ˌstiff ˈdrink a strong alcoholic drink: That was a shock — I need a stiff drink! See also: drink, stiff Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: pick your poison What are you drinking? What are you having? What would you like to drink? belt a drink down name your poison into the drink be in the drink drink someone under the table drink under the table References in periodicals archive She told LBC radio: "I think I probably needed a stiff drink afterwards." I needed a stiff drink after speech says May IT looked like David Cameron needed a stiff drink yesterday to take his mind off the debacle surrounding his mates Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson. Steady on Dave, it's been bad but. "I could not believe the audacity of these criminals." Her husband, she said, was somewhat shaken, so while the police dusted the house for fingerprints, he had "a stiff drink" to settle his nerves. South African shootout. (Exercising the Right) Labour MP Tony Banks said: "The only way of coping with having a stiff for a Prime Minister is to have a stiff drink." A Major hangover
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