English Reference

Idiom

pray to the porcelain goddess

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 spent the night praying to the porcelain goddess.”

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

“The party ended abruptly when the host retreated to the bathroom to pray to the porcelain goddess for the remainder of the evening.”

Examples

simple

“He spent the night praying to the porcelain goddess.”

contextual

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

complex

“The party ended abruptly when the host retreated to the bathroom to pray to the porcelain goddess for the remainder of the evening.”

Key words

Related idioms

This entry

Updated
English Reference