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The phrase "tired and emotional" is a chiefly British euphemism for alcohol intoxication. It was popularised by the British satirical magazine Private Eye in 1967 after being used in a spoof diplomatic memo to describe the state of Labour cabinet minister George Brown , [ 1 ] but is now used as a stock phrase .
People having drunk heavily for several days or weeks may have withdrawal symptoms after the acute intoxication has subsided. [35] A person consuming a dangerous amount of alcohol persistently can develop memory blackouts and idiosyncratic intoxication or pathological drunkenness symptoms. [36]
a striking success; used in the phrases "go (like) a bomb" and "go down a bomb"; Go like a bomb also means, when used of a vehicle, to go very fast an explosive weapon (v.) to be a failure ("the show bombed"); also as n. (n., used with the) something outstanding ("that show was the bomb"); sometimes spelled da bomb: bombardier
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Drunk, a 2017 album by Thundercat "Drunk" (Jimmy Liggins song), 1953 "Drunk" (Ed Sheeran song), 2012 "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" a song by Elle King and Miranda Lambert, 2021; Drunk, an album by Vic Chesnutt, 1993 "Drunk", a song by Kylie Minogue from Impossible Princess, 1997 "Drunk", a song by Viola Beach from Viola Beach, 2016
When fictional television anchor Howard Beale leaned out of the window, chanting, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!" in the 1976 movie 'Network,' he struck a chord with ...
[go] tits up (mildly vulgar) to suddenly go wrong (literally, to fall over. US: go belly up). cf pear-shaped (appears in the US mainly as military jargon, sometimes sanitized to "tango uniform") toad-in-the-hole batter-baked sausages, sausages baked in Yorkshire Pudding toff (slang) member of the upper classes toffee apple
A viral TikTok shared by user Rosa Escandón shows clips from the documentary The Making of Mamma Mia. In it, producer Gary Goetzman explains that the film’s A-list cast received daily rations ...