in vino veritas

American  

[in wee-noh we-ri-tahs, in vahy-noh ver-i-tas, -tahs, vee-noh] / ɪn ˈwi noʊ ˈwɛ rɪˌtɑs, ɪn ˈvaɪ noʊ ˈvɛr ɪˌtæs, -tɑs, ˈvi noʊ /

Latin.

1. in wine there is truth.

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in vino veritas British  

/ ɪn ˈviːnəʊ ˈvɛrɪˌtæs /

1. in wine there is truth; people speak the truth when they are drunk

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in vino veritas Cultural  

1. A Latin phrase suggesting that people are more likely to say what they really feel under the influence of alcohol. It means, “There is truth in wine.”

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Example Sentences

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in vino veritas

It means private school kids can know that in vino veritas because their schools were acting in loco parentis.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2016

Amusements are at all times among the best indications of national character; a truth which the ancients seem to have exaggerated into their maxim in vino veritas.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 330, September 6, 1828 by Various

He was once again the arrogant, intolerant autocrat—truly, in vino veritas.

From Men, Women and Guns by H. C. (Herman Cyril) McNeile

To please the brotherhood, whose excellent wine pleased him, he sung, and as "in vino veritas," his song will well become this veritable history.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 270, August 25, 1827 by Various

I repeat I'm not going to attempt to justify myself, even if I couldn't, which I can, but in vino veritas, which I think you'll admit is Latin.

From Poor Relations by Compton MacKenzie