bit by a barn mouse
bit by a barn mouse
obsolete Drunk or tipsy. (Barley, the primary ingredient for most beer, would have been kept in a barn, making it potential fodder for barn mice.) I had my suspicions that the farmhands may have all been bit by a barn mouse, judging by their slurred speech and languid demeanor.
See also: barn, bit, by, mouse
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- bitten by a barn mouse
- happy
- tuned
- drink (someone) under the table
- drink somebody under the table
- drink someone under the table
- drink under the table
- look as if butter wouldn't melt in (one's) mouth
- look as if butter wouldn't melt in mouth
- look as if butter wouldn't melt in your mouth