Arkona - Cheers! Site activity. Dorothy Parker - A Certain Lady. Dorothy Parker - Daylight Saving. Dorothy Parker - The Minor Poet. Dorothy Parker - The Dramatists. English: Popular idioms. Theme Dark Light. It's not all sunshine and roses. To handle with kid or kit gloves. Light a fire under someone. Beat or ride like a rented mule. His words are said to make his guest comfortable drinking with him.
In my country, If two persons are drinking liquor. If one says "cheers" and drinks up, the other doesn't drink up. It's considered to be not quite polite. So, the speaker says so in advance to avoid the embarassement and show politeness to his guest. Site Hint: Check out our list of pronunciation videos. Hi Hly I would probably understand your first sentence to mean " I'm going to take a sip of my drink. However, since "Bottoms up" is normally an invitation for everyone to join you in drinking, your creative usage really wouldn't work very well in the context you give.
Bottoms up is an expression used as a toast or humorous exclamation used while drinking, especially while drinking alcoholic beverages. Similar to cheers or down the hatch , it is used when drinking with friends as a way to encourage others to drink together or simply to have fun.
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms. Oxford: Oxford U, Boston: McGraw Hill, This idiom literally encourages others to drink in such a way that the bottom of their glasses tilt upward and every last drop is consumed. The Giant of the North R. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. January, Physiology of The Opera John H. Swaby AKA "Scrici".
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