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Meaning: (idiomatic)Anaggressiveattituderesulting from consumption of analcoholicbeverage.1979July 14, “Letters: Summing Up Summerfest and Planning Ahead”, inMilwaukee Journal, retrieved 3 Jan. 2010, page10:Many people, especially after a few beers, grow “beer muscles” and are ready to fight for any reason.1999June 18, Phil Mushnick, “In-Arena Shows Are Big Turnoff”, inNew York Post, page94:The show has become a come-on for drunks to flex theirbeer muscles.2009July 3, Andrew W. Lehren, Christine Hauser, “In New York City, Fewer Murders on Rainy Days”, inNew York Times, retrieved 3 Jan. 2010:“Everybody's out partying, people start drinking, old beefs pop up, and people get theirbeer musclesout and start fighting.”; (idiomatic,humorous)Aprotrudingstomach, supposedly indicative ofexcessiveconsumption of beer.1939,American Flint, volume28,page41:Grothers Gribble, Berger, Wolf, Shadwill and the writer are still nursing their “beer muscles.” I mean German goitres.1982September 2, “Brewing firms says small is better”, inMilwaukee Sentinel, retrieved 3 Jan. 2010:“You can't find a better-tasting beer,” said Farmer Cheatle, a resident who was losing a battle to hold in a bulging belly he called “beer muscles”.1990, John Harvey,The Legend of Captain Space[1],→ISBN, page33:Nick made legs of his fingers and walked them on the baby's belly. . . . “[L]ook at thosebeer muscles!”; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seebeer,muscles.
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