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make a rabbit bite a bulldog

make a rabbit bite a bulldog phrase: said of very strong or plentiful alcoholic drink.

Phrase

make a rabbit bite a bulldog

  1. (colloquial) Said of very strong or plentiful alcoholic drink.
    • Fix it pretty strong, will you? Not too much water and about the amount of whisky that would make a rabbit bite a bulldog.1924, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 3, in Bill the Conqueror, His Invasion of England in the Springtime
    • It was strong enough to make a rabbit bite a bulldog. The best rum was distilled from sugarcane juice and was especially strong and pungent to the taste.2018, Selby Parker, Scopophilia, page 142

Questions about make a rabbit bite a bulldog

What does make a rabbit bite a bulldog mean?
Make a rabbit bite a bulldog means said of very strong or plentiful alcoholic drink.
What part of speech is make a rabbit bite a bulldog?
Make a rabbit bite a bulldog is a phrase.

Words near make a rabbit bite a bulldog in the dictionary

  1. make a play
  2. make a point
  3. make a poor fist of
  4. make a production out of
  5. make a public spectacle of oneself
  6. make a rabbit bite a bulldog
  7. make a run for it
  8. make a scene
  9. make a show of oneself
  10. make a silk purse of a sow's ear
  11. make a spectacle of oneself

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