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Pchuang Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

"courage and bottle" meaning and origin

people say "it takes courage and bottle to do sth..." why bottle? what bottle? What is the exact meaning of this expression?
  

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Hi, I got this info via google. It's a term that is not used in N. America.

— Clive

  • Hi, I got this info via google.
  • It's a term that is not used in N.
  • America.
  • Clive bottle - courage, *****.
  • eg "he lost his bottle", "he bottled out", "he's got a lot of bottle".
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Hi,

I got this info via google. It's a term that is not used in N. America.

Clive

bottle - courage, *****. eg "he lost his bottle", "he bottled out", "he's got a lot of bottle". The most common explanation of this term is that it comes from the Rhyming Slang 'bottle and glass' - '****'. ie. To lose one's bottle, to lose one's **** (
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many thanks to your help!
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