10 English Phrases You Can Use at a Bar
hi everybody and welcome back to top
words my name is Alisha and today we’re
going to talk about ten words that you
can use at a bar let’s go to buy a round
the first expression is to buy a round
to buy a round means to buy a round of
drinks essentially a round of drinks
means one drink for everyone in your
group one drink for everyone in your
party by the way the word party is used
to mean group at a bar or restaurant the
number of people in your party is the
number of people in your group so to buy
a round means to buy a drink for
everybody in a sentence
our boss began the party by buying
everyone around in a different sentence
you’re buying the next round
on the rocks the next expression is on
the rocks on the rocks is a way to order
a drink when you say on the rocks it
means your drink on ice
only so rocks are the ice in your glass
so you can imagine the ice the pieces of
ice in your glass the ice cubes or an
ice ball these are like rocks
so saying I’d like whisky for example on
the rocks means just whisky served over
ice that’s what on the rocks mean so in
a sentence
I’d like a gin on the rocks straight up
the next expression is straight up so a
straight up drink is different from an
on the rocks drink a straight up drink
is chilled with ice but it’s strained so
there’s no ice in the drink but it is it
has been chilled with ice so a straight
up drink there’s nothing else in the
glass but it is a chilled drink in a
sentence I’d like a martini straight up
some people use the word straight or
straight up but they mean neat which is
the next word we’re going to talk about
so keep in mind straight or straight up
means chilled that’s one of the key
points here so yeah a martini straight
up is a chilled martini neat so the next
expression is neat
to order a drink neat means the drink is
not chilled and there is no ice it’s
just it’s just the the alcohol it’s just
the liquor there’s nothing special about
it a neat drink is only the drink that’s
it nothing happens to it so in a
sentence
I’d like a whiskey neat pint half pint
the next expression is really two
expressions these are words you use when
you order beer they are pint and half
pint depending on the country that you
live in pint can be a different size
they vary by a few milliliters depending
on the country where you live in a half
pint then is roughly half of the pint
size so a half pint and a pint are two
ways two sizes we use to order beer in a
sentence can I have a half pint of this
stout chaser the next expression is
chaser so a chaser is something you use
to follow an alcoholic drink chasers are
often used after shots so shots are
small drinks that are usually kind of
strong and alcohol content and they have
a very strong taste so some people like
to have something after that they call
it a chaser so the image is that the the
second drink is chasing the first drink
into your body you can think of it that
way the chaser is a non-alcoholic drink
so it could be water it could be soda it
could be something like that juice maybe
so chaser in a sentence shots of tequila
are often followed with chasers to be
tipsy the next word is to be tipsy to be
tipsy is a way to describe your feeling
when you’re drinking so if you can
imagine when you’re when you’re standing
straight up when you’re standing it’s
regular you’re very like confident and
tall and you don’t move very much but if
you feel tipsy this comes from the verb
to tip like this so something tips to
one side or another think of your body
in this way so we use the word tipsy the
adjective tipsy to describe this feeling
maybe you’re not so steady on your feet
you could tip over
at anytime that’s called being tipsy
from alcohol okay so in a sentence let’s
see I’m a little tipsy I need some water
to be drunk the next expression is to be
drunk so we talked about the word tipsy
so tipsy is a little bit like a little
unsteady but drunk is just a mess just
you’re just a disaster
you’re being noisy you’re being loud
it’s difficult to control your body or
your friends body whatever so drunk is
usually a seen as a negative thing so
yeah so drunk expresses yeah it’s it’s
just not pretty sometimes
so in a sentence your friend is drunk
let’s take him home to call it a night
the next expression is to call it a
night to call it a night means to decide
to finish at the bar to go home you’re
ready to be done so here I’m going to
call it I’m going to say this is tonight
tonight is finished hmm
so in a sentence it’s been a long
evening I’m gonna call it a night I mean
I’m going to go home I’m done it’s a
casual expression hangover and then one
more that you can use maybe the day
after you visit a bar is hangover so a
hangover is a noun hangover is the word
we use to describe the feelings after
drinking too much so maybe you feel sick
to your stomach you have a headache your
body is sore there are a number of
different feelings you might have when
you feel hung over to be hungover is
another way to say it but when you have
a hangover it usually doesn’t feel very
good in a sentence I have a hangover
today I’m not going drinking tonight all
right so that’s the end those are ten
words that you can use at the bar if you
have any questions or if there are other
words that you like to use when you go
out for drinks let us know in the
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