bitten by a barn mouse
bitten 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 bitten by a barn mouse, judging by their slurred speech and languid demeanor.
See also: barn, bitten, by, mouse
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- bit by a barn mouse
- happy
- mouse
- tuned
- born in a barn
- barn
- (as) broad as a barn door
- broad as a barn door
- drink (someone) under the table
- drink under the table