词组 | half-seas-over |
释义 | half-seas-over adjective half-drunk UK, 1700half seas overDrunk; intoxicated. The phrase likely alludes to the staggering gait of one who is drunk. Primarily heard in UK. Boy, you were really half seas over last night—how hungover do you feel this morning? half seas overfairly drunk. British informal , datedThe expression originally meant literally ‘halfway across the sea’, hence implying a condition halfway between sobriety and drunkenness. |
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