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🍻 To not get drunk 🤪 Before a stunt
to hold my alcohol

to hold my alcohol

9.9
A joking request to someone to hold your drink before doing something daring
  • idiom
  • Slang
translation icon : aguanta mi bebida
  • Before attempting the roof jump, he grinned and said, hold my alcohol, then leapt.

Examples

  • When the crowd booed, she laughed, asked someone to hold my alcohol, and climbed the fence.

  • Seeing the broken ladder, he shrugged and offered, hold my alcohol, before starting the stunt.

  • Please hold my alcohol for a moment!

  • Can you hold my alcohol for a second?

  • Before attempting the daring backflip, he smirked and said, hold my alcohol, then took off running.

  • As he prepared to climb the tallest tree, he turned to his friend and exclaimed, hold my alcohol, and started his ascent.

  • Feeling adventurous, she smiled at her friends and declared, hold my alcohol, before diving into the icy water.

Synonyms

hold my beer
vsto hold my alcohol
  • Slang
9.9

A joking way to say you will try something daring or foolish after someone else does

is a direct request to leave one's drink with someone before attempting a stunt

How Reckless

hold my beer
  • Slang
9.9
to hold my alcohol
  • Slang
9.9

Surface Forms

hold my alcohol infinitive
holding my alcohol present participle
holds my alcohol third person singular
held my alcohol past
held my alcohol past participle

Morphology

hold + mine + alcohol

Literally the words compose to 'take/hold my alcoholic drink', which a learner who knows the constituents would expect. However the documented informal/internet use — a conventionalized signal meaning 'watch me; I'm about to do something daring or reckless' — is a pragmatic, memetic extension not derivable from the literal parts, so a B1 learner would not predict this meaning without prior exposure.

Etymology

Hold my alcohol is used when someone hands their alcohol to another person before doing something bold. The funny image of leaving the drink behind shows they will try a risky stunt, so it became a joking way to say 'I'm going to do something risky'.