pull a cork

pull a cork

To begin drinking an alcoholic beverage, especially wine. You should come by on Friday—we can have dinner, pull a cork or two, it will be great!
See also: cork, pull
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pull a cork

Have a drink. This expression dates from the days when homebrewed potent potables were stored in large jugs with cork stoppers. A suggestion that the contents be shared might have been phrased as “Hey, neighbor, you about ready to pull that cork?”
See also: cork, pull
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
See also:
  • hard liquor
  • Black Russian
  • buy you a drink?
  • (Can I) buy you a drink?
  • cork up
  • corked up
  • dry
  • dead marine
  • dead soldier
  • wino