crack a bottle

Idioms  

1. Open a bottle so as to drink its contents, as in Let's celebrate by cracking a bottle of champagne! This seemingly modern colloquialism was first recorded in H. Kelly's School for Wives (1773): “When shall we crack a bottle together?”

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Example Sentences

"Good work, Bobs, we'll crack a bottle on it to-night and celebrate your luck," cried Jerry, wringing her hand.

From Cinderella Jane by Cooke, Marjorie Benton

Old Bouvet was waiting in the passage when I entered, and he asked me whether we might not crack a bottle of wine together.

From The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

"Now give me the railway timetable; for I have far to go ere I return, when you and I shall crack a bottle of Clos Vosgeot with our dinner."

From A Son of the Immortals by Christy, Howard Chandler

So when he was passing through Paris the other day he 'phoned me to the effect of come and crack a bottle with me, come and let's reminisce together over the good old days.

From Swirling Waters by Rittenberg, Max

"Tell the landlord to get us supper," he said; "we'll crack a bottle to our luck."

From Villa Rubein, and other stories by Galsworthy, John