hollow leg
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hollow leg
- /ˌhɒl.əʊ ˈlɛɡ/ UK
- /ˌhɑ.loʊ ˈlɛɡ/ US
Where it comes from
Humorously suggesting a further place where a person's body might store food once the stomach has filled up. Compare fill one's boots.
noun hollow legs
- Capacity to eat large quantities. When I was young and growing a lot, and Mama couldn't feed me enough, she used to say I had a hollow leg.
- Ability or tendency to drink large quantities of alcohol. I didn't want his unhappiness or his pain, or his personality changes, but I wanted to drink as much, as often. I certainly wanted his hollow leg.
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noun capacity to eat large quantities
| Español | tener gazuza, tener carpanta, ser un tragaldabas |
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noun ability or tendency to drink large quantities of alcohol
| Español | beber como un pez |
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| Français | avoir la dalle en pente, avoir le bec salé, être un boit-sans-soif, être un poivrot, être une éponge, boire comme un trou |
| Deutsch | Trinkfestigkeit, trinkfest |
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title = {hollow leg},
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