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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crack a bottle

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

Wonder if I might ask him to crack a bottle of ginger-beer with me.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, 1890.05.10 by Various

Come, that's a good one; I can crack a bottle too, but not so far off.

From She Would Be a Soldier The Plains of Chippewa by Moses, Montrose Jonas

Aye, she can crack a bottle at twelve paces with a pistol.

From She Would Be a Soldier The Plains of Chippewa by Moses, Montrose Jonas