lift your 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 your (or the) elbow

consume alcohol to excess.
See also: elbow, lift
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • lift (one's) elbow
  • lift one’s 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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