on the sauce
on the sauce
1. slang Currently one who consumes alcohol, especially heavily and frequently. Said especially of alcoholics. My dad was a real mean son of a gun when he was on the sauce. You can tell Tara's been on the sauce again—she's been reeking of booze lately.
2. slang Using performance-enhancing drugs, especially anabolic steroids. The football star has repeatedly denied being on the sauce, though he still refuses to take an official drug test. I knew a guy who went on the sauce in high school trying to get super jacked. I think that junk really messed up his body.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
on the sauce
drinking regularly; intoxicated. Poor old Ron is on the sauce again. He is on the sauce most of the time.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
on the sauce
mod. drinking regularly; alcohol intoxicated. Poor old Ron is on the sauce again.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- old enough to be (one's) mother
- old enough to be mother
- not (all) that good/bad/well/poor/etc.
- not all that good, well, etc.
- sunset years
- one's sunset years
- twilight
- twilight years
- rumble on
- the advantage of (something)