Dutch courage

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The courage or bravado induced by alcohol. idiomatic,uncountable
    — I was beginning to wish I'd had the sense to spend the last hour in a pub. Dutch courage would have been better than no courage at all.
  2. An alcoholic drink, taken to bolster one's courage. idiomatic,uncountable
    — Another five minutes wait and we finally raise glasses in a toast to the evening. ‘So, what's the plan?’ ‘Well, we can go straight to the casino after this or we can get half a skinful of Dutch courage.’

词源

This dates back to a time of intense political rivalry between England and the Netherlands, and was originally an ethnic slur.
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