be pie-eyed

be pie-eyed

1. slang To be drunk. Do you remember last night at the bar at all? You were pie-eyed!
2. To stare wide-eyed in awe. The witnesses on the street were all pie-eyed as the van exploded into flames.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • pie-eyed
  • cross-eyed drunk
  • crosseyed
  • eyed
  • pigeon-eyed
  • four-eyed
  • bushy
  • be bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
  • bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
  • street urchin
References in periodicals archive
WE'LL all be pie-eyed next week as the country celebrates its favourite snack.
MOTORISTS and pedestrians may be pie-eyed in Denby Dale over the next few weeks.