in one's 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
Drunk, as in You can't believe anything he says when he's in his cups. [Early 1600s]
See also: cup
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- 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