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it's five o'clock somewhere

it's five o'clock somewhere phrase: used as an excuse for drinking alcoholic beverages outside of customary hours.

Phrase

it's five o'clock somewhere

  1. (idiomatic) Used as an excuse for drinking alcoholic beverages outside of customary hours.

Origin of it's five o'clock somewhere

Related to the convention of not consuming alcohol prior to the end of working hours (generally 5 PM), and alluding to time offsets.

Questions about it's five o'clock somewhere

What does it's five o'clock somewhere mean?
It's five o'clock somewhere means used as an excuse for drinking alcoholic beverages outside of customary hours.
What part of speech is it's five o'clock somewhere?
It's five o'clock somewhere is a phrase.

Words near it's five o'clock somewhere in the dictionary

  1. it's better to be judged by twelve than to be carried by six
  2. it's cold outside
  3. it's early days
  4. it's easier to ask forgiveness than to get permission
  5. it's everywhere
  6. it's five o'clock somewhere
  7. it's going
  8. it's Greek to me
  9. it's grim up north
  10. it's lonely at the top
  11. it's never too late to mend

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