to bow down before the porcelain god
- idiom
- Informal
:
vomitar en el inodoro
- After drinking too much, she bowed down before the porcelain god.
Examples
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She was embarrassed to admit she had bowed down before the porcelain god after the wild party.
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If you drink that much, you'll end up bowing down before the porcelain god tonight.
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After his third shot, he had to bow down before the porcelain god in the bathroom.
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He had to bow down before the porcelain god after the party.
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After his third shot, he had to bow down before the porcelain god in the bathroom.
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If you drink that much, you'll end up bowing down before the porcelain god tonight.
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She was embarrassed to admit she had bowed down before the porcelain god after the wild party.
Synonyms
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9.9
Throw up violently many times because you feel sick or drink too much
To throw up after drinking too much alcohol
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
bow + down + before + the + porcelain + god
The components 'bow down' (to kneel/lean forward) and 'porcelain' (white ceramic often used for toilets) give a clue that the action involves leaning over a toilet, so a learner might infer a physical act related to a toilet. However, the metaphorical label 'porcelain god' and the slang meaning 'to vomit' are culture-specific and not directly predictable from the parts for many B1 learners, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
Bow down before the porcelain god comes from the image of someone literally bowing down to a toilet, jokingly called the porcelain god, after drinking too much. So it means 'to vomit into a toilet' when someone is sick from alcohol.