hold my beer

Meanings

phrase

humorousimperativeoriginallyI am about to start a fight.
humorousimperativeI am about to attempt something dangerous or unintelligent.
When he says “Hold my beer and watch this” What he means is “I'm a crazy Redneck and love to show off.”
2010, Virginia Alene, Catch And Release, page 18
1 more example
98% of Americans say 'oh shit' before going into the ditch on a slippery road. The other 2% are from Minnesota and they say, ‘hold my beer and watch this.’
2008, Kiven Hopper, One Hundred and One Dirty Nasty Disgusting Jokes You'll Love Reading, page 227
humorousimperativeI will outperform someone who did something foolish by doing something even more foolish.
[[https://twitter.com/bpedaci/status/796205042802065409] BRITAIN: Brexit is the stupidest, most self-destructive act a country could undertake. USA: Hold my beer].
2016, Tom Phillips et al., “18 Tweets About How America Has Out-Brexited Brexit”, in BuzzFeed

Suggesting that the speaker is interrupting their consumption of beer in order to engage in an act of alcohol-induced bravado.

Hungarian fogd/fogjátok meg a söröm

Polish potrzymaj mi piwo, potrzymaj mi piwo

Russian подержи моё пиво

Spanish sujétame el cubata, agárrenme

Ukrainian потрима́й моє́ пи́во

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