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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Bacchus

BacchusBring me wine, but wine which never grew In the belly of the grape, Or grew on vine whose tap-roots, reaching through, Under the Andes to the Cape, Suffer no savor of the earth to…

Brewer's: Tight

Intoxicated. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894TigrisTigernach A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Related…

Brewer's: Top-heavy

Liable to tip over because the centre of gravity is too high. Intoxicated. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Top RopesTop A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

Brewer's: Lush

Beer and other intoxicating drinks; so called from Lushington the brewer. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LusladLurch A B C D E F G H I J K L M…

Brewer's: Barrel Fever

Intoxication or illness from intemperance in drink. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Barrell's BluesBarratry A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q…

College Drinking

Source: Bigstock High-risk consequences Excessive and underage drinking affect virtually all college campuses, college communities, and college students, whether they choose to drink or not…

Brewer's: Bulling the Barrel

is pouring water into a rum cask, when it is nearly empty, to prevent its leaking. The water, which gets impregnated with the spirit and is very intoxicating, is called bull. Seamen talk…

Brewer's: Cups

He was in his cups. Intoxicated. (Latin, inter pocula, inter vina.) (Horace: 3 Odes, vi. 20.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894CuparCup of Vows A B C D E…

Brewer's: Dead Drunk

So intoxicated as to be wholly powerless. “Pythagoras has finely observed that a man is not to be considered dead drunk till he lies on the floor and stretches out his arms and legs to…