avoir de la bouteille
French
Etymology
Calque of Spanish tener la botella. This term allegedly derived from a practice in which Romans would drink some of a bottle of wine on their birthday, storing away the rest. Thus the reference to age.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.vwaʁ də la bu.tɛj/
- (Lyon)
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Verb
- to be experienced, to have experience with age
- 2020 February 2 (last accessed), Michel Guerrin, “« Les attaques contre le vin participent d’un suicide collectif »”, in Le Monde, editor, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Aubert de Villaine (Romanée-Conti) et Alexandre de Lur Saluces (Château de Fargues), deux vignerons qui ont de la bouteille, dénoncent les campagnes qui visent à réduire le vin à de l’alcool. Selon eux, il est bien plus que cela.
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