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to worship the porcelain god

to worship the porcelain god

9.9
To throw up after drinking too much alcohol
  • idiom
  • Slang
translation icon : vomitar
  • He worshipped the porcelain god after drinking too much tequila.

Examples

  • She excused herself from the table, feeling that she was about to worship the porcelain god.

  • If you mix beer and wine, you might soon find yourself worshipping the porcelain god.

  • He drank a little too much last night and ended up worshipping the porcelain god until dawn.

  • I had to worship the porcelain god last night.

  • After the party, he spent the night worshipping the porcelain god due to his excessive drinking.

  • Mixing different kinds of alcohol can lead to worshipping the porcelain god before the night ends.

  • Feeling dizzy and nauseous, she ran to the bathroom to start worshipping the porcelain god.

Synonyms

to puke my guts out
vsto worship the porcelain god
  • NSFW
7 9.9

Throw up violently many times because you feel sick or drink too much

is vomiting caused by heavy drinking but usually less violent or repeated
to bow down before the porcelain god
vsto worship the porcelain god
  • Informal
9.9

To vomit into a toilet after drinking too much

is the more general act of vomiting after heavy drinking

Surface Forms

worship the porcelain god infinitive
worshipped the porcelain god past
worshipped the porcelain god past participle
worshipping the porcelain god present participle
worships the porcelain god third person singular

Morphology

worship + the + porcelain + god

The phrase is a slang euphemism: 'porcelain god' metaphorically refers to a toilet and 'worship' evokes bowing over it, but that cultural/metaphorical leap is not predictable from the literal meanings of the constituents. A B1 learner who knows the words but has not encountered this idiom would not reliably infer 'to vomit', so the expression is opaque.

Etymology

The idiom worship the porcelain god creates a strong image: someone bent over a white toilet (the porcelain god) as if they are praying (worship). People began using this silly picture to describe what happens after drinking too much, so the phrase now means 'to vomit'.