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like the bottom of a birdcage

like the bottom of a birdcage prepositional phrase: very foul-tasting; said of a person's mouth after heavy drinking etc.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (simile) Very foul-tasting; said of a person's mouth after heavy drinking etc.
    • At ten to one, Sid slouched in with an overflowing briefcase in one hand and a basketball under his arm, complaining of a hangover. 'Mouth like the bottom of a birdcage.'1999, Ray Smith, The Man who Loved Jane Austen, page 158
    • Does the bottom of your mouth taste like the bottom of a birdcage? Did you make a fool of yourself last night? Or don't you remember?2009, Elisabeth Blandford, How to Write the Best Research Paper Ever!, page 49

Questions about like the bottom of a birdcage

What does like the bottom of a birdcage mean?
Like the bottom of a birdcage means very foul-tasting; said of a person's mouth after heavy drinking etc.
What part of speech is like the bottom of a birdcage?
Like the bottom of a birdcage is a prepositional phrase.

Words near like the bottom of a birdcage in the dictionary

  1. like talking to a brick wall
  2. like talking to a wall
  3. like terms
  4. like that
  5. like the back end of a bus
  6. like the bottom of a birdcage
  7. like the cat that got the cream
  8. like the clappers
  9. like the devil
  10. like the man said
  11. like the man says

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