soup strainer

Upper lip hair

A soup strainer is a kitchen utensil—a fine mesh sieve for removing solids from broth or puréed soups.

In slang, soup strainer refers to a thick mustache, especially one that overhangs the upper lip: He's been growing that soup strainer since the seventies.

The joke is that such a mustache would catch drips while eating soup.

utensil

colander

Kitchen bowl for draining

ladle · mesh · perforated · stainless steel · filter · drain · cookware · broth · stock · consommé

moustache

handlebar

Bicycle steering control

grooming · stubble · trimming · wax · bushier · bristly · hirsute · barber · razor · shave

Categories
Opposites
facial hair type

soup strainerbeard

Facial hair growth

full beard · goatee · sideburns · mutton chops · soul patch

facial hair presence

soup strainerclean-shaven

Having no beard

baby face · hairless · shaved

Family

soup, strainer, soups, soupy, strain, strained, straining, strains

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G