Idiom
wet one's beak
Meaning
To drink a beverage.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I am thirsty, so I need to wet my beak.”
“After working in the garden all morning, he sat down on the porch to wet his beak with some cold lemonade.”
“The weary traveler entered the tavern, eager to wet his beak with a glass of ale after his long journey across the dusty plains.”
Examples
simple
“I am thirsty, so I need to wet my beak.”
contextual
“After working in the garden all morning, he sat down on the porch to wet his beak with some cold lemonade.”
complex
“The weary traveler entered the tavern, eager to wet his beak with a glass of ale after his long journey across the dusty plains.”
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