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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?
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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.


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