Literally, “where hard drinking is an honour, vomiting is no disgrace”.
wo Saufen eine Ehre ist, ist Kotzen keine Schande
- where there are false ideals, the vices will be even worse; but chiefly used in the context of hard drinking, as a condemnation thereof
- Used by drinkers, in a positive and literal sense, to excuse their own or other people’s vomiting