in cups

in (one's) cups

Drunk. When you're in your cups, foolish ideas have a peculiar tendency of sounding like excellent ones. He called to apologize the following morning, claiming that he had been in his cups when he made those rude remarks.

in one's cups

Euph. drunk. She doesn't make much sense when she's in her cups. The speaker—who was in his cups—could hardly be understood.

in (one's) cups

Intoxicated; drunk.

词组	in cups
释义	in cups in (one's) cups Drunk. When you're in your cups, foolish ideas have a peculiar tendency of sounding like excellent ones. He called to apologize the following morning, claiming that he had been in his cups when he made those rude remarks. See also: cup Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. in one's cups Euph. drunk. She doesn't make much sense when she's in her cups. The speaker—who was in his cups—could hardly be understood. See also: cup McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. in (one's) cups Intoxicated; drunk. See also: cup American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also: a fool and his money are soon parted fool and his money are soon parted fool and his money are soon parted, a parted doofus backassed a mug's game be a mug's game (there's) no fool like an old fool be (not) (one's) bag
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