English Dictionary

wet one's beak

動詞

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To drink a beverage. / (idiomatic, gangster slang) To take one's share from the financial proceeds of illicit activity.

日本語の意味

飲み物を飲む（口の中に液体を入れる動作を表す表現） / 不正な活動で得られた収益の一部を自分の取り分として受け取る（ギャング用語としての意味）

Sometimes, during long meetings, it's acceptable to wet one's beak with a glass of water.

長時間の会議の際には、水を一杯飲むのも許されることがある。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To drink a beverage.

Rinaldo . . . is represented as a gluttonous feeder, and rather disposed to quarrel over his meat; liking also to ‘wet his beak’ in generous liquor.

意味（2）

(idiomatic, gangster slang) To take one's share from the financial proceeds of illicit activity.

Giorgio, the Don said, . . . our Family will now serve only as financial advisors to all the other Families. . . . [W]e must protect everyone's money, for which they will let us wet our beaks.

wets one's beak （ present singular third-person ）

wetting one's beak （ participle present ）

wet one's beak （ participle past ）

wet one's beak （ past ）

wetted one's beak （ participle past ）

wetted one's beak （ past ）