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

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

"Anger," Dr. Bach concludes, "cannot be dishonest"�the security-blanket generalization that all the anger buffs cling to, and one as perilously misleading as "in vino veritas."

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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

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