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[mengxw]

I donot know the meaning of the sentence" It had to be beer-thirty."
Who knows how to understand it ? Thanks!

[CP]

It means it must have been that time after work when it is time to have a beer.

In many places, it is common for people to get off work in the afternoon or evening and go somewhere to drink beer and relax. Maybe it's a pub or local restaurant, or maybe it's one's own house or a friend's place.

It's just a mildly humorous way to refer to quitting time as "beer-thirty," as though it were a particular time of day, like 5:30 or 6:30. Otherwise known as c o c k tail time or happy hour, and in advertising commercials for Miller beer, Miller time.
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[CP]

Once again foiled by the naughty word robot, which beeped me for writing the word c o c k tail, as though it were something that no one can say or read in polite company. =Sigh=
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[mengxw]

Thanks a lot !

[Brian Boyd]

I sometimes say 'It's beer o' clock' too. (time for a beer)
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