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Where does the saying 'lost your bottle' come from?
Lost your bottle means to lose your nerve, to pull out of doing something -possibly frightening or difficult -that you were just about to do. Where does this comefrom? Is it to do with booze?
asked in saying, lost your bottle, origin
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| cairina.moschata answers: Lost your bottle derives from cockney rhyming slang.
April in Paris = Aris
Aris = Aristotle
Aristotle = Bottle
Aris is a slang term for a*se and, therefore, to lose your bottle means to lose control of your bowels. 3 years ago / reply
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