hard liquor

Idioms and Phrases

Distilled alcoholic beverages, such as gin or whiskey. For example, We're serving wine and beer but no hard liquor . The hard here refers to their high alcoholic content, which is also true for hard cider , although the latter is not distilled but has simply fermented.

Example Sentences

Zero-proof spirits: Miss the experience of drinking hard liquor, but not the hangovers that come with it?

From Seattle Times

The teenagers said there was a fully stocked bar with New Amsterdam vodka and Malibu rum, with the games of beer pong using hard liquor instead.

From Salon

I haven’t had a taste of hard liquor since that diagnosis.

From Salon

Outside, people stop to take photos as workmen paint the Chanel logo on the side of a convenience store that offers "discount beer, wine & hard liquor".

From BBC

Suddenly, they began signing multimillion-dollar deals with companies that made rum, tequila, vodka and other hard liquor, and the advertising was displayed for all to see.

From New York Times

Related Words

• alcohol
• booze
• liqueur
• liquor
• wine