be one over (the) eight

To be thoroughly inebriated. Primarily heard in UK. I think someone should drive Jerry home, he's one over the eight. I guess I was making something of a show of myself, but I was having too much fun to realise that I was one over eight.

be/have one over the ˈeight

(informal) be slightly drunk: From the way he was walking it was obvious he’d had one over the eight.This may come from a belief that a normal person could only drink eight glasses of beer without becoming drunk.

词组	be one over (the) eight
释义	be one over (the) eight be one over (the) eight To be thoroughly inebriated. Primarily heard in UK. I think someone should drive Jerry home, he's one over the eight. I guess I was making something of a show of myself, but I was having too much fun to realise that I was one over eight. See also: eight, one, over Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. be/have one over the ˈeight (informal) be slightly drunk: From the way he was walking it was obvious he’d had one over the eight.This may come from a belief that a normal person could only drink eight glasses of beer without becoming drunk. See also: eight, have, one, over Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: be/have one over the eight one over (the) eight one over the eight have one over (the) eight not stand the sight of (someone or something) lost in the sauce (as) sick as a pig be sloshed to the gills sloshed (as) sick as a parrot
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