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Jimmy Hung
2022-02-14 05:02
Hit the bottle/booze/sauce informal verb phrase
Used to say that someone drinks alcohol, especially to excess
You must have hit the sauce at the bar last night, so this morning you look very tired.
Sam hits the bottle every time she is under pressure at work.
I had a nightmare last night, so I hit the booze to sleep easier.
This idiom is often used to express that you should accept an unpleasant situation or event because you cannot change it.
When you experience extreme and undesirable situations, it is probably essential to take extreme actions
The verb "hit" should be conjugated according to its tense.
These slang phrases are applied from the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Do you see anything wrong?
To quit; to give up, stop doing something because you know that you cannot succeed; admit defeat
The team is not going to throw in the towel just because they lost one game.
