drink under the table

English

Alternative forms

• drink under tables

Verb

drink under the table (third-person singular simple present drinks under the table, present participle drinking under the table, simple past drank under the table, past participle drunk under the table)

1. (transitive) To drink more alcohol than (someone) while remaining relatively sober.

   She had class, but she could drink most of the guys under the table.

Translations

drink more alcohol than

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (no exact term exists, see:) 酒量 (zh) (jiǔliàng)

• Dutch: iemand onder tafel drinken
• Finnish: juoda pöydän alle
• German: unter den Tisch trinken, unter den Tisch saufen (coll.)
• Hungarian: az asztal alá iszik
• Russian: перепи́ть (ru) pf (perepítʹ)
• Swedish: dricka någon under bordet

See also

• hollow leg