Dutch couragenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌdʌtʃ ˈkʌr.ɪdʒ/us/ˌdʌtʃ ˈkɝː.ɪdʒ/UK US liquid couragethe confidence that some people get from drinking alcohol before they do something that needs courage
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Bravery
- audacious
- audacity
- balls
- bold
- bottle
- bravery
- derring-do
- fearless
- fighting spirit
- fortitude
- gallant
- gut
- heart
- liquid courage
- nerve
- pluck
- spunk
- valorous
- valour
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Drinking alcohol
Examples from literature
- Do I look, she asked, "as if I needed Dutch courage?"
- I was inclined to the latter opinion, and therefore tasted the liquor for the purpose of seeing if I could not get a little Dutch courage.
- I'll never get our names down right unless I have a drink to give me a bit of Dutch courage.
- In the eighties he would have been shot in the back by some scoundrel who had primed himself with Dutch courage from adulterated whisky.
- Why do you think I can't work without Dutch courage?