cocktail

atomic cocktail

1. In medicine, a liquid solution that contains one or more radioactive elements, which is swallowed orally and used in the diagnosis or treatment of disorders, especially cancer and diseases of the thyroid. We are just going to administer a sort of atomic cocktail to track the disease's progress. That way, we can better gauge what course of action to take.
2. An alcoholic drink composed of vodka, brandy, champagne, and sherry. Created in Las Vegas, Nevada, and named after the nuclear tests conducted in the state during the 1950s. Barkeep, I want something that will knock my socks off. Fix me an atomic cocktail!
See also: atomic, cocktail

Molotov cocktail

1. A makeshift bomb, usually consisting of a gasoline-filled bottle and a wick, that is ignited before it is thrown at a target. The riot police moved in after the demonstrators started throwing Molotov cocktails.
2. By extension, something that has an explosive or otherwise negative impact on a person or situation. If you say anything negative about school board, it will be a real Molotov cocktail at this dinner party, believe me! His arrest was the Molotov cocktail that brought the whole scandal to light.
See also: cocktail

prawn cocktail offensive

The (often derisive) name used for politicians' efforts to gain financial support while attending a social event (where prawn cocktails are traditionally served). Primarily heard in UK. I don't want to go to this dinner party—it's just going to become another prawn cocktail offensive, and I'm sick of people asking me for money!
See also: cocktail, offensive, prawn
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • atomic
  • atomic cocktail
  • liquid
  • liquid cork
  • strain off
  • strain out
  • liquid refreshment
  • melt into
  • be close to home
  • close to home
References in periodicals archive
Following three sell-out events across the country, Cocktails In The City will take place on Friday, June 28 and Saturday, June 29 at one of Liverpool's favourite venues, The Great Baltic Warehouse.
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A Korean-Canadian man has been arrested for a botched Molotov cocktail attack on the U.S.
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THIRSTY WORK
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It clearly takes the cocktail seriously, down to instructions for very specific brands of alcohol to use.
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