- a (или the) cup that cheers, but not inebriates
- (coкp. the cup that cheers)шутл. «нaпитoк вeceлящий, нo нe пьянящий», чaй [выpaжeниe coздaнo aнглийcким пoэтoм XVIII в. У. Kaупepoм]Am I too late for the cup that cheers but not inebriates, ladies? (A. J.Cronin). 'May as well have another cup,' Baines said. "The cup that cheers,' he said (Gr. Greene)
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