Beer guts? (5,7)
I believe the answer is:
dutch courage
'beer guts?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'beer guts?' is the wordplay.
'beer' becomes 'dutch' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'guts?' becomes 'courage'.
'dutch'+'courage'='DUTCH COURAGE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dutch courage that I've seen before include "Drunken swagger" , "Confidence gained from drinking alcohol" , "False bravery from drinking alcohol" , "Artificial bravery deriving from drink" , "Bottle of drink?" .)