top-heavy with drink

Definitions

drunk

idiomatic, rare

Examples

“To have⟳ a brick in one’s hat, verb. phr. (American).—To be top-heavy with drink⟳. For synonyms, see⟳ Drinks and Screwed.”

“Imagine⟳ yourself about to embark on the New York Limited Express⟳ for the eastern metropolis; the train⟳ made up of ten Pullman passenger, two baggage and one express⟳ cars; with an engineer top-heavy with drink⟳, a conductor braced up to a degree of conviviality, the train-dispatchers along the line overworked and sleepy.”

“Her sister, Sadie, on the other hand, is top-heavy with drink⟳, drugs, and a serious overdose of eyeshadow. She has hopes of following — or staggering — in the footsteps of her sister.”

“…including the climactic moment at the conclusion of the recording when George stepped forward⟳ (in the tradition of La Scala, Milan) to receive⟳ a bouquet but fell into the audience and was too top-heavy with drink⟳ to get⟳ back on-stage.”

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