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make a rabbit bite a bulldog

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make a rabbit bite a bulldog

  1. (colloquial) Said of very strong or plentiful alcoholic drink.
    • 1924, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 3, in Bill the Conqueror, His Invasion of England in the Springtime:
      Fix it pretty strong, will you? Not too much water and about the amount of whisky that would make a rabbit bite a bulldog.
    • 2018, Selby Parker, Scopophilia, page 142:
      It was strong enough to make a rabbit bite a bulldog. The best rum was distilled from sugarcane juice and was especially strong and pungent to the taste.