liquor talks mighty loud when it gets loose from the jug(jiǔ hòu wú dé)
liquor talks mighty loud when it gets loose from the jug
Drunk without virtue, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ǔ h ò UW ú D é, meaning drunk after nonsense or behavior out of line. From a dream of Red Mansions.
The origin of Idioms
Chapter 45 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "Miss Ping, come here! I'll make amends for you in front of the eldest grandmothers and girls. Please bear with me that I'm drunk. "
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate, attributive, or object; used of drunkenness. Don't try to persuade her to drink. Be careful that she'll get drunk.
Idiom usage
The Grand View Garden is gathering again. Li Wan is responsible for organizing Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Wang Xifeng and other sisters to drink and chat together. In the banquet, Wang Xifeng tells us that the family is hard to manage and pinger can't help. Li Wan, on the other hand, fought against Ping'er's injustice and called Wang Xifeng immoral after drinking. The crowd burst into laughter.
Chinese PinYin : jiǔ hòu wú dé
liquor talks mighty loud when it gets loose from the jug
