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red drink

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[red drink] / ˈrɛd ˈdrɪnk /

noun

  1. (used to indicate that something is displeasing, bad, or undesireable.)


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They threw together their makeshift mummy outfits using medical gauze they bought at a pharmacy and improvised fake blood using Vimto, a sugary red drink consumed during Ramadan, the Islamic holy month.

From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2022

He offered her a red drink, she testified.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2022

So wherever you are in the world, that bright red drink you spy is quite likely some sibling, cousin or progenitor of that zesty agua fresca that came bundled with your tacos at lunch.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 2022

She takes a sip from her red drink.

From The Guardian • May 3, 2016

Every word that fell from his lips was a death-knell—every drop of his red drink was as much liquid fire—and every look was a flame.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 17 by Wilson, John Mackay

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