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词汇 lost in the sauce
释义
lost in the sauce
Theme: INTOXICATED - ALCOHOL
mod. alcohol intoxicated and bewildered.
Bill spends many days lost in the sauce.Sally got lost in the sauce at the party and made quite a spectacle of herself.
lost in the sauce
adjective daydreaming, completely inattentive US, 1988

lost in the sauce

1. Thoroughly inebriated, especially to the point of being stupefied. ("Sauce" is a common slang term for alcohol.) Everyone kept buying me drinks for my birthday, so I was fairly lost in the sauce by the end of the night. Don't worry about it, everyone was lost to the sauce last night.
2. Consumed by alcoholism, especially to the point of being rendered unable to function properly. I think poor Tom is lost in the sauce these days. Every time I see him he's either drinking at home or heading to a bar. I divorced my husband after it became clear that he was lost in the sauce for good.
3. Ignored, forgotten, or neglected amid a larger group of people or things. The boy's got a lot of potential out on the football field, but I think he gets kind of lost in the sauce playing alongside the older players. There was a lot going on last month, so I'm afraid some of our usual obligations got lost in the sauce. The real political issues are getting lost in the sauce with all the petty name-calling and scandal mongering going on between both political parties.
4. Consumed by some wild, chaotic, or confusing situation. She was only 16 when she skyrocketed to pop-music fame, and she later lamented that she had gotten lost in the sauce of that world. A true artist can separate themselves from the trappings of their successes or failures and continue to focus on the vision in their heart and soul—a hack will just get lost in the sauce.

lost in the sauce

mod. alcohol intoxicated and bewildered. Sally got lost in the sauce at the party and made quite a spectacle of herself.
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