Workday drinking used to be commonplace at breweries around the world. But the practice has faded amid concerns about safety. Now workers at Denmark's Carlsberg are fighting to retain the right to sip suds while they work.
bring to a head
Cause to reach a turning point or crisis. For example, Management's newest policy has brought matters to a head. The related phrase come to a head means "to reach a crisis," as in With the last break-in, the question of security came to a head. These phrases allude to the medical sense of head, the tip of an abscess that is about to burst. [Mid-1500s]
abscess
áb・scessed
suds
pl.n.
- Soapy water.
- Foam; lather.
- Slang. Beer.
v., sudsed, suds·ing, suds·es. v.tr.
To wash in suds.
v.intr.
To form or make suds.
[Perhaps from obsolete Dutch zudse, marsh, from Middle Dutch sudse.]
沒有留言:
張貼留言