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- Bar fly
- A bar fly is a person who spends a lot of time drinking in different bars and pubs.
- Beer and skittles
- (UK) People say that life is not all beer and skittles, meaning that it is not about self-indulgence and pleasure.
- Champagne taste on a beer budget
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Someone who lives above their means and likes things they cannot afford has champagne taste on a beer budget.
- Decorate the mahogany
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When someone buys a round a pub or bar, they decorate the mahogany; putting cash on the bar.
- Drown your sorrows
- If someone gets drunk or drinks a lot to try to stop feeling unhappy, they drown their sorrows.
- Drunk as a lord
- (UK) Someone who is very drunk is as drunk as a lord.
- Quart into a pint pot
- (UK) If you try to put or get a quart into a pint pot, you try to put too much in a small space. (1 quart = 2 pints)
- Small beer
- If something is small beer, it's unimportant.
- Three sheets in the wind
- (UK) Someone who is three sheets in the wind is very drunk. ('Three sheets to the wind' is also used. 'Seven sheets' is an alternative number used.)
- Three sheets to the wind
- If someone is three sheets to the wind, they are drunk.
- Tired and emotional
- (UK) This idiom is a euphemism used to mean 'drunk', especially when talking about politicians.
- Turn water into wine
- If someone turns water into wine, they transform something bad into something excellent.
- Well-oiled
- If someone is well-oiled, they have drunk a lot.
- Wet your whistle
- If you are thirsty and have an alcoholic drink, you wet your whistle.
"Whet your whistle" is also used.
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