for Scotland en · ADP
Etymology
Suggests that if there was a world championship for the given action, the person under discussion could compete on the national team.
Meanings
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(Scotland, idiomatic) Very well or for a long time.
Blathering on about whisky – I can talk for Scotland about whisky.
2022 November 2, David Archibald, quoting Charlie MacLean, Tracking Loach: Politics ǀ Practices ǀ Production, Edinburgh University Press, →ISBN:So, yes, there was much Welshian excess and 'drinking for Scotland' done over the first few years after publication.
2013 August 20, John Neil Munro, Lust For Life!: Irvine Welsh and the Trainspotting Phenomenon, Birlinn, →ISBN:When I was in my twenties, I could drink for Scotland, puke a bit, sleep a bit, then drink for Scotland again a few hours later.
2014 January 19, Danny Gillan, Scratch, Jakobian Books, page 208:
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see for, Scotland.