单词 | to have a few in |
释义 | > as lemmasto have a few in c. colloquial (originally Australian and New Zealand). to have a few: to have several alcoholic drinks, esp. so as to become drunk or tipsy. Also (now rare) to have a few in. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > be drunk bewetc1400 to be in beer1532 to have one's cap set1546 to have a pot in the pate1655 to be bit by a barn weasel1673 to have been in the sun1770 to have been in the sunshine1818 to have (also get) the sun in one's eyes1841 to have a brick in one's hat1847 stimulate1882 to beer up1892 to be (the) worse for liquor1893 to have a few1903 to have a heat on1912 1903 Truth (Sydney) 12 Apr. 1/6 Senior-sergeant: ‘You're charged with being drunk.’ Female: ‘Guilty on a false oath!’ As she had a few in at the time she was sent to the cells. 1912 M. Sweeney Melbourne's Armageddon 22 He was ‘havin’ a few' with a couple of mates, down in a slum hotel. 1947 ‘A. P. Gaskell’ Big Game 88 They'll probably have a few in by this time too, and boy, would I like to be the same. 1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye vii. 150 ‘Nelly's had a few,’ Humphrey said... ‘She's a bit shaky on the pins tonight.’ 1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 2/3 The shooter walked fifteen or twenty miles carrying his swag, had a few at the pub, then found somewhere to roll his bluey. 2011 A. Gibbons Act of Love (2012) xviii. 169 Danny was really loud but that was probably because he'd had a few before we met up. < as lemmas |
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