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Idiom

pray to the porcelain god

Meaning

Synonym of worship the porcelain god (“to vomit into a toilet bowl”).

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He drank too much and had to pray to the porcelain god.”

“After eating that questionable street food, I spent the entire night praying to the porcelain god.”

“Following the excessive celebrations at the wedding reception, the groom retreated to the bathroom to pray to the porcelain god for the remainder of the evening.”

Examples

simple

“He drank too much and had to pray to the porcelain god.”

contextual

“After eating that questionable street food, I spent the entire night praying to the porcelain god.”

complex

“Following the excessive celebrations at the wedding reception, the groom retreated to the bathroom to pray to the porcelain god for the remainder of the evening.”

Origin

See worship the porcelain god.

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