praying to the porcelain god
Kneeling while retching
Praying to the porcelain god is slang for vomiting into a toilet, evoking the image of someone kneeling before the bowl as if in supplication.
The phrase typically implies alcohol-induced sickness: He spent half the night praying to the porcelain god after the bachelor party.
- retchingHeaving without expelling
- hangoverPost-drinking illness
- hair of the dogAlcohol to cure overdrinking
- toilet bowlPorcelain waste receptacle
- pukingForcefully expelling stomach contents
binge drinking · one too many · liquid courage · night out · barfing · heaving · nausea · blackout · overindulgence · dry heaves · alcohol poisoning · hurling · spewing · technicolor yawn · commode · regurgitating · lavatory · upchucking
praying to the porcelain godeating
Ingesting sustenance
feasting · gorging · devouring · pigging out · chowing down
praying to the porcelain godfit as a fiddle
In excellent physical condition
right as rain · on top of the world · hale and hearty · bright-eyed and bushy-tailed · healthy as a horse
praying to the porcelain godstaying sober
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