1)"What are you doing tonight, John?"
"Going out for a drink with the missus, hope to end up in the beer garden"
2) I took my girlfriend in the beer garden last night
A person you hate intensely not because they deserve such hatred but because they serve as a focus for your general hatred. A healthy way to dispense with excess animosity.
Jake's not really that big an asshole. He just serves as my hate sink.