Difference between revisions of "Tap up his bier"
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* '''tap:''' a peg or stopper on a cask → "to tap up" = "to close or secure with a stopper" | * '''tap:''' a peg or stopper on a cask → "to tap up" = "to close or secure with a stopper" | ||
| − | * ''''' | + | * '''bier:''' (''Dutch'') beer |
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| + | * '''Bier:''' (''German'') beer | ||
| + | **'''tap up his bier:''' get him a beer from the tap | ||
Revision as of 07:56, 8 December 2006
- top up his beer: fill his glass of beer up to the top
- take up his bier: lift up his coffin
- tap: a peg or stopper on a cask → "to tap up" = "to close or secure with a stopper"
- bier: (Dutch) beer
- Bier: (German) beer
- tap up his bier: get him a beer from the tap
