pray to the porcelain god

Kneel and retch

To pray to the porcelain god is to vomit into a toilet, the posture of kneeling over the bowl resembling someone at prayer.

The phrase is humorous slang, typically describing illness from heavy drinking: He spent the rest of the night praying to the porcelain god.

Also appears as worship the porcelain god.

Related
  • hurlThrow with great force
  • vomitEject stomach contents
  • pukeForceful stomach emptying
  • upchuckEject stomach contents
  • heaveForceful lift or throw

toss your cookies · chunder · gag · regurgitate · toilet · nausea · puking · technicolor yawn · intoxication · liquid courage · retching · hangover · hair of the dog · blow chunks · binge drinking · barf · bring up · blackout

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Opposites
digestive direction

pray to the porcelain godhold it down

Reduce volume or activity

eat · feast · pig out · stuff one's face · drink

physical state

pray to the porcelain godthrive

Flourish with vigor

flourish

sobriety/intoxication aftermath

pray to the porcelain godkeep it down

Request for less noise

drink responsibly · hold one's liquor · abstain · pace oneself

Family

prayed, praying, prayer, prayers, prayerful, porcelain, porcelains

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13