{"id":34285,"date":"2023-05-16T08:15:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T07:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.byfarthegreatestteam.com\/?p=34285"},"modified":"2023-05-16T08:22:47","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T07:22:47","slug":"have-arsenal-bottled-the-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.byfarthegreatestteam.com\/posts\/have-arsenal-bottled-the-title\/","title":{"rendered":"Have Arsenal bottled the title?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal’s 3-0 defeat to Brighton<\/a> this weekend seems to have put the writing on the wall. It appears that Manchester City will win the Premier League title again this season. But having led by eight points as recently as 1st April<\/a>, have Arsenal bottled it?<\/p>\n

What is ‘bottling it’?<\/h2>\n

The idea of “losing your bottle” has rumoured colourful origins in the Cockney Rhyming Slang phrase “bottle and glass”. Put more politely by the BBC:<\/p>\n

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‘To lose your bottle’ means to lose your confidence and fail to do something. Learn how to use this expression: bbc.in\/2iZZWlb<\/a> #elt<\/p>\n

\u2014 BBC Learning English (@bbcle) Jan 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n