hold one's liquor en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To be resistant to intoxication or to show few signs of intoxication, even after consuming a significant amount of alcohol.
Just because a person is descended from hard-drinking ancestors is no sign that he can "hold his liquor" better than others.
1927, “Alcoholic Rats and Heredity”, in Popular Science, volume 110, number 6, page 39:Sandy Marsh didn't hold her liquor particularly well; she could get tipsy on two glasses of red wine.
1987 September 14, Patricia Morrisroe, “The Life and Death of Sandy Marsh”, in New York Magazine, volume 20, number 36, page 49:When I first came to London and fell in with Sebastian and Evangeline, neither could hold their liquor, nor judge which glass should be their last.
2002, Emma Holly, Beyond Seduction, →ISBN, page 87:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| holds one's liquor | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| held one's liquor | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| held one's liquor | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| holding one's liquor | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
hold one's drink · hold one's alcohol
Translations (9)
de viel Alkohol vertragen (to have a considerable tolerance to alcohol) · fr tenir l'alcool (to have a considerable tolerance to alcohol) · es aguantar la bebida (to have a considerable tolerance to alcohol) · es tener cultura alcohólica (to have a considerable tolerance to alcohol) · pl mieć mocną głowę (to have a considerable tolerance to alcohol) · ru уме́ть пить (to have a considerable tolerance to alcohol) · es aguantar (to have a considerable tolerance to alcohol) · fr avoir une bonne descente (to have a considerable tolerance to alcohol) · fi kestää viinaa (to have a considerable tolerance to alcohol)