not hold (one's) liquor
not hold (one's) liquor
To be easily and negatively affected by alcohol, especially becoming ill or unconscious. I'm sorry for acting like such a fool at the party—I don't even remember what happened. I guess I just can't hold my liquor. A: "Wow, Jennifer has had five cocktails and still seems totally sober." B: "No one ever said she couldn't hold her liquor."
See also: hold, liquor, not
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- be out of (one's) brain
- be out of (one's) skull
- cast aspersions
- cast aspersions on
- cast aspersions on (someone or something)
- cast aspersions, to
- aspersion
- (one's) whole world was turned upside down
- upside
- crashing