Help! Does anybody know...???

[Gość: natalia]

...what the idiom "work up the bottle" exactly means? I need to work it up
desperately. Thanks for any suggestions.

[Gość: Bert]

1. mix (so as to blend by e.g. shaking, exciting), for
example, V8 juice
2. drink too much

[kaiston]

The expression is "to work up the bottle". What it means is to get enough
courage to do something. Not to be scared in order to do something.

For example, If I had to jump out of an aeroplane, I would have to work up my
bottle to jump.

OK? :-)))))

[Gość: natalia]

Thanks, Kaiston, your explanation suits the context perfectly. I found it in a
one of Welsh's books and suspected it would be something in the taste, but I
had to be completely sure. Thanks again. BTW - where did you find it?

[Gość: Corrector]

Gość portalu: natalia napisał(a):

> ...what the idiom "work up the bottle" exactly means? I need to work it up
> desperately. Thanks for any suggestions.
Should be: "I need to work it out". Don't you guys learn phrasal verbs?

[Gość: Una]

Phrasal verbs were my nightmare....

[Gość: rajmund]

have look at this page:
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That will give you some idea of the meaning.

(Copy and paste it intoAddress/Location)

[Gość: nat]

it simply means:pluck up the courage, zdobyc sie na odwage, have the guts to do
something