| 单词 | to have a drop in one's eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have a drop in one's eye 6. spec. A small quantity of drink or intoxicating liquor. to have a drop in one's eye: to show signs of having had a glass. to take one's drops: to drink hard, to tipple. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun] > a drink of > small drink snack1685 smack1693 drop1699 tiff1727 toothfula1774 caulker1808 caulk1834 nobbler1842 spot1917 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > be drunk > be partially drunk to drink wine apec1405 to have on or wear a barley-cap1598 to float in one's cups1630 to have a drop in one's eye1699 to shake (have) a cloth in the wind1834 to have drink taken1924 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Drop-in-his-eye, almost drunk. 1738 J. Swift Compl. Coll. Genteel Conversat. 14 You must own you had a Drop in your Eye: When I left you, you were half Seas over. 1775 M. Hunter Jrnl. (1894) 21 The captain's servant..liked a drop as well as his master. c1793 Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1799) I. 10 If I like any drop—but a drop in my eye. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Drops, ‘to take one's drops,’ to drink hard, applied to one who drinks spirits. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Prince Otto i. iv I have had a drop, but I had not been drinking. 1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge II. xi. 119 I went to the Chequers and had a drop too much. < as lemmas |
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