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2022-09-28 11:09
Put hairs on (one's) chest spoken language humourous
If you tell someone that something, usually a strong alcoholic drink or a type of food, will put hairs on their chest, you mean that it is beneficial to them or will make them stronger or more masculine.
I was told a glass of this drink a day would put hairs on my chest.
They told me a shot of this liquor would put hairs on my chest.
What do you want to drink?
If someone lifts their elbow, they drink alcohol.
To hallucinate or see things that are not really there, especially when being intoxicated by alcohol
1. Used to indicate the act of drinking beer
2. Used to indicate the act of washing dishes
The origin of this phrase is not clear.
Do you see anything wrong?
1. To punch a hole in one's ticket to show that they have paid for a ride
2. To do something that allows one to go further in a competition or to be promoted at work
1. Please, tell me if I forget to punch your ticket.
2. With a view to punching my ticket to the final, I did whatever it takes to win this round.
