stewed

Related to stewed: Stewed prunes

half-stewed

slang Drunk, mildly drunk, or nearly drunk. Sorry I didn't call you last night—I had some wine, got half-stewed, and fell asleep.

stew in (one's) (own) juice(s)

To brood over one's unpleasant emotions, such as guilt, anger, or anxiety, in isolation. Kevin was in such a foul mood at dinner that I left early and just let him stew in his own juice. I can tell the suspect is racked with guilt. Let her stew in her juices for a while, and she'll confess.
See also: stew

stewed

slang Drunk. I'm past the point in my life where I want to spend every weekend at a bar getting stewed. Everyone was too stewed to drive home, so they all just slept over.

stewed to the ears

old-fashioned slang Extremely drunk. Whenever she goes for a night out with her friends, she always comes back stewed to the ears. Good luck explaining that to him. You can't talk a lick of sense to Barry when he's stewed to the ears like that.
See also: ear, stewed

stewed to the gills

old-fashioned slang Extremely drunk. Whenever she goes for a night out with her friends, she always comes back stewed to the gills. Good luck explaining that to him. You can't talk a lick of sense to Barry when he's stewed to the gills like that.
See also: gill, stewed

stewed up

1. slang Incensed; irate. It's really not worth getting stewed up about it—just let it go and move on with your life. I could tell the boss was pretty stewed up over the news.
2. slang Drunk. I'm past the point in my life where I want to spend every weekend at a bar getting stewed up. Everyone was too stewed up to drive home, so they all just slept over.
See also: stewed, up

stewed, screwed, and tattooed

vulgar slang Of navy sailors on shore leave, having gotten drunk ("stewed"), had sex with someone ("screwed"), and received a tattoo to commemorate the experience. My old navy buddies always joked that the only thing we wanted to do when we got to shore was get stewed, screwed, and tattooed.
See also: and, tattoo
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

half-stewed

mod. tipsy; alcohol intoxicated. Poor Fred was half-stewed and still had to give a speech.

stewed to the gills

and stewed to the ears
mod. alcohol intoxicated. When I get stewed to the gills, I usually fall asleep, right then and there. Here’s old Charlie—stewed to the ears, as always.
See also: gill, stewed

stewed to the ears

verb
See stewed to the gills
See also: ear, stewed

stewed (up)

and stew
mod. alcohol intoxicated. (see also stew (sense 1).) The kid was stewed up and scared to death of what his parents were going to do to him.
See also: stewed, up

stewed

verb
See stewed up
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

stewed to the gills

Extremely drunk. The noun gills here has nothing to do with the breathing organs of fish, but rather was slang for a stand-up collar. Consequently to the gills came to mean “up to one’s neck” or “completely,” and in the early 1900s stewed, for soaked in liquor, was added.
See also: gill, stewed
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • half-stewed
  • half-canned
  • half-sprung
  • sprung
  • half-under
  • half under
  • half-crocked
  • half-blind
  • half in the bag
  • half up the pole
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