"beer muscles" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 酒胆
• 酒后逞强

Definition

一种俚语，指一个人在喝了啤酒或酒精饮料后获得的假勇气，常让他们表现得比清醒时更大胆。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

高度口语，常带幽默或批评色彩。强调因酒精而不是实际力量产生的“勇气”，常用来形容酒后逞强好斗等行为。很少用于正式场合。

Examples

After two beers, he started showing his beer muscles.

喝了两杯啤酒后，他开始表现出**酒胆**。

Don't let your beer muscles get you in trouble.

别让你的**酒胆**给你惹麻烦。

He only talks tough when his beer muscles kick in.

只有**酒胆**上来时他才敢说狠话。

You know it's his beer muscles talking, right? He'd never challenge you when sober.

你知道那只是他的**酒胆**在作怪吧？他清醒时绝不会挑战你的。

Last night at the bar, everyone got a case of the beer muscles.

昨晚在酒吧，大家都上了**酒胆**。

She's harmless—her beer muscles just make her loud and silly, not mean.

她很无害——她的**酒胆**只是让她变得吵闹和傻气，不会变坏。