Euphemisms for drunkeness.

[flobadob]

Has anyone any witty euphemisms for being drunk. A mate of mine will say "The cheese is sliding off my cracker", which I thought was good.

[catcuddler]

he he he he.dont have any myself but love your m8s version lol

[Quizmonster]

You'll find a few here.

[Parsfan]

Harold Wilson once described his tipsy cabinet colleague George Brown as tired and emotional. From what I remember, he was as tired as a newt.

[scotgal]

Seven sheets to the wind used to be a common one.

[eyeshade]

Hissed as a tart.

[fredpuli47]

"He's up to his stud" is still current in Wales, if sounding archaic. The image is of someone being so full of booze that it has reached the level of his collar-stud.

A related London saying is 'taken the beer scooter' meaning to have gone somewhere and be so drunk that , on sobering,you can't remember how you got there." How did you get home last night? " " Must have taken the beer scooter!"

[celeryman]

A landlady in a pub once said of someone who had fallen over as a result of over imbibing. " Yon mons just fell over his wage packet. " Wages at that time actually being paid in cash in a brown envelope imagine the security ramifications now.

[ionachick]

Under the Table

[JonnyBoy12]

****** as a newt!

One over the eight!

[smitch]

Not exaclty what you were asking, but reminded me about my father-in-law, who when asked how he got gout in his leg, responded, "I dropped a barrel on my foot -one pint at a time."