lift one’s elbow

lift (one's) elbow

To drink alcohol, either in general or in excess. After a hard day's work, there's nothing I like to do more than lift my elbow a few times at my local bar. You are so useless around the house. The only thing you know how to do around here is lift your elbow.

lift one’s elbow

verb

See bend one’s elbow

词组	lift one’s elbow
释义	lift one’s elbow lift (one's) elbow To drink alcohol, either in general or in excess. After a hard day's work, there's nothing I like to do more than lift my elbow a few times at my local bar. You are so useless around the house. The only thing you know how to do around here is lift your elbow. See also: elbow, lift Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. lift one’s elbow verb See bend one’s elbow See also: elbow, lift McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: lift (one's) elbow lift your elbow bend (one's)/the elbow bend elbow bend one’s elbow bend the elbow bend your elbow crook (one's)/the elbow crook one's elbow alcohol
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