on the squiff
on the squiff
Spending an evening or other period of time drinking alcohol. Me and the lads are on the squiff tonight, so I won't be driving anywhere. Most of the office was out on the squiff last night, so we're all a bit groggy today.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
on the squiff
(...skwɪf) mod. on a drinking bout. (see also squiff.) Shorty is always on the squiff, except when he’s shooting dope.
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McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- squiff
- lay off the bottle
- get down to some serious drinking
- fall off the wagon
- bus
- drive the big bus
- drive the porcelain bus
- conk-buster
- snakebite medicine
- elbow-bending