a stiff drink
a stiff drink
A very strong alcoholic drink; liquor (alcoholic spirits) that is undiluted or unmixed. I felt like I needed a stiff drink after such a frightening car accident. I suggest pouring yourself a stiff drink before you look at the financial results for this quarter. After our presentation to the board totally bombed, we went out for a stiff drink.
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a ˌstiff ˈdrink
a strong alcoholic drink: That was a shock — I need a stiff drink!Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
References in periodicals archive
She told LBC radio: "I think I probably needed
a stiff drink afterwards."
IT looked like David Cameron needed
a stiff drink yesterday to take his mind off the debacle surrounding his mates Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson.
"I could not believe the audacity of these criminals." Her husband, she said, was somewhat shaken, so while the police dusted the house for fingerprints, he had "
a stiff drink" to settle his nerves.
Labour MP Tony Banks said: "The only way of coping with having a stiff for a Prime Minister is to have
a stiff drink."
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