单词 | on the piss |
释义 | > as lemmason the piss P3. Chiefly British, Australian, and New Zealand. on the piss: out drinking; engaged in a bout or bouts of heavy drinking. Conversely off the piss. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adverb] > on a drinking bout on (also upon) the spree1847 on a spree1847 on the booze1850 on the scoop1871 on the beer1887 on the bash1901 on a whizzer1910 on the piss1929 1929 F. Manning Middle Parts Fortune i. ii. 61 If any of you chaps go on the piss with Bourne, and he offers you a stirrup-cup, you can take it from me he has got you beat. 1942 Horizon Aug. 124 Buggered if I know when he'll be back. Gone on the piss, I shouldn't wonder. 1945 P. Larkin Let. 31 Oct. in Sel. Lett. (1992) 110 Your letter found me last night when I came in off the piss: in point of fact I had spewed out of a train window. 1968 ‘P. Alding’ Circle of Danger iii. 20 Him not turning up may just mean he's been on the piss. 1994 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 22 July I got off the piss and went to AA (Alcoholics Anonymous). 2000 A. Sayle Barcelona Plates 102 They'd been on the piss the night before..so there are thumping hangovers to contend with. < as lemmas |
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