In football, to 'bottle' or to have 'bottled' something is to throw away a lead or a good chance of winning when you've been on the front foot. More specifically, it is when a team in a leading position loses that lead spectacularly, directly impacting the outcome of the match or competition
‘psg have bottled the ucl once again!’
‘man city are bottlers, they’ll never win it’
The 3 dollar-per-quart version of the essence of life. This is justified by running tap water through a filter and slapping "liquid hydration formula" on the label of the bottles.
Skeptical reference to renewable energy sources such as biofuels, wind, and solar-electric. So-called because of the perceived naiveté of renewable energy proponents.