Idiom
liquid courage
Meaning
Alcohol drunk to induce a feeling of courage.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He drank some liquid courage before asking her to dance.”
“After a glass of wine for liquid courage, he finally walked onto the stage to give his speech.”
“Relying on liquid courage to mask his deep-seated insecurities, he approached the group with a confidence that felt entirely borrowed.”
Examples
simple
“He drank some liquid courage before asking her to dance.”
contextual
“After a glass of wine for liquid courage, he finally walked onto the stage to give his speech.”
complex
“Relying on liquid courage to mask his deep-seated insecurities, he approached the group with a confidence that felt entirely borrowed.”
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