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/
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Verb

avoir de la bouteille

  1. to be experienced, to have experience with age
    • 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.
      (Can we date this quote?), Michel Guerrin, “« Les attaques contre le vin participent d’un suicide collectif »”, in 'Le Monde', editor,(Please provide the book title or journal name):
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