liquid

Related to liquid: liquid diet, Liquid paraffin

liquid cork

dated Liquid antidiarrheal medicine. Be sure to pack some liquid cork on your travels—I hear food in that part of the world can tear through your body something fierce if you're not ready.
See also: cork, liquid

liquid courage

slang The decrease in timidity or inhibition that comes from imbibing alcoholic beverages. I'm planning on proposing to Mary tonight, but I think I need a little liquid courage first!
See also: courage, liquid

liquid laugh

Vomit; an act or instance of vomiting. Primarily heard in Australia. Nah, don't worry about him. He just needs to go have a liquid laugh, and he'll be right as rain. I used to get terrible motion sickness in planes, inevitably landing with a bag (or two) of liquid laugh in tow.
See also: laugh, liquid

liquid lunch

A lunchtime outing that consists of drinking alcoholic beverages instead of eating. Bob reprimanded his employees for having a liquid lunch and returning to work intoxicated.
See also: liquid, lunch

liquid refreshment

Beverages, especially those containing alcohol, considered collectively. We all decided to go for some liquid refreshment after the game.
See also: liquid, refreshment
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

liquid lunch

a drinking session at lunchtime taking the place of a meal. informal humorous
See also: liquid, lunch
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

liquid cork

n. a medicine that stops diarrhea. This liquid cork isn’t so bad if you get it good and cold before you take it.
See also: cork, liquid

liquid laugh

n. vomit. If you drink much more, you’re gonna come out with a liquid laugh.
See also: laugh, liquid

liquid lunch

n. a lunch consisting of alcoholic drinks. Sounds like the boss had another liquid lunch again today.
See also: liquid, lunch
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • liquid cork
  • liquid refreshment
  • strain off
  • strain out
  • melt into
  • submerge
  • submerge (someone or something) in (something)
  • submerge in
  • submerged
  • dissolve into (something)
References in periodicals archive
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China is expected to add 13 new-build liquids storage terminals between 2019 and 2023.
H2 2019 Global Capacity and Capital Expenditure Outlook for Liquids Storage - China Underpins Global Liquids Storage Capacity Growth
World markets for petroleum and other liquid fuels have entered a period of dynamic change--in both supply and demand.
EIA: world liquid fuels use projected to rise 38% by 2040
* Liquid-cooled electronics defines the cases where liquid is circulated directly to the electronics for cooling with no other heat transfer mechanisms (e.g., air cooling).
Liquid cooling guidelines
The effect of high or low liquid density can be reduced by finely changing the delivery volume, slightly higher or lower respectively, than the required volume.
The tip of perfection: factors affecting pipetting performance: even experienced pipette users can get inaccurate measurements through differences in pipetting performance, which cause variations in delivery volumes, impacting data integrity
Securities with credit ratings of triple-A, double-A or single-A are generally very liquid. Bonds rated Triple-B or below-investment-grade are often considerably less liquid, as there are fewer interested buyers.
Fine-tuning cash portfolios through liquidity management
Furthermore, some of the lakelike areas show what appear to be multiple shorelines, as if the body of liquid has been receding.
Titan's lakes: evidence of liquid on Saturn's largest moon
* How SPR technology offers benefits for heating liquids.
Controlled cavitation can increase recovery efficiency
Jim Guerard, vice president and general manager of advanced editing solutions at Pinnacle Systems said, "The theme of Liquid 5.6 is efficient workflow.
PINNACLE UPGRADES VIDEO EDITING SYSTEM W/ DVD AUTHORING
A simple Xsend command at the remote Liquid editing workstation initiates the fully automated MassStore material handling process to the central site.
Pinnacle Systems takes Southern Cross Broadcasting tapeless with Palladium-based servers and editing systems
Body is slowly submerged in a container of liquid nitrogen, a chemical element with a freezing point so low it boils at -196[degrees]C (-320[degrees]F).
Life on ice: extreme cold is both a killer and lifesaver. Learn how scientists are tapping its powers to preserve body organs--and corpses. (Life Science: temperature scale * cryogenics)
Glen Mills' Sonitube is a continuous flow ultrasonic tube processor that is ideal for solid/liquid, liquid/liquid, liquid/solid/gas and liquid/gas system, as well as the dispersion of dyes in liquid carrier.
Glen Mills Inc. (Machinery & Equipment Review)
The capillary saturation porometer determines pore volume without using mercury and also measures liquid permeability.
Capillary saturation porometer. (New Products)
Further enhancing the performance of liquid products, a number of systems on the market today allow programming for different amounts of each product to be dispensed, depending on the type of linen and soil load.
Spotting (and solving) laundry problems. (Feature Article)