| 词汇 | stewed to the gills |
| 释义 | stewed to the gills and stewed to the ears Theme: INTOXICATED - ALCOHOL mod. alcohol intoxicated.Why does a grown man have to get stewed to the gills every night of his life if there isn't something a little wrong with him?Here's old Charlie—stewed to the ears, as always. stewed to the gillsold-fashioned slang Extremely drunk. Whenever she goes for a night out with her friends, she always comes back stewed to the gills. Good luck explaining that to him. You can't talk a lick of sense to Barry when he's stewed to the gills like that. stewed to the gillsand stewed to the ears mod. alcohol intoxicated. When I get stewed to the gills, I usually fall asleep, right then and there. Here’s old Charlie—stewed to the ears, as always. stewed to the gillsExtremely drunk. The noun gills here has nothing to do with the breathing organs of fish, but rather was slang for a stand-up collar. Consequently to the gills came to mean “up to one’s neck” or “completely,” and in the early 1900s stewed, for soaked in liquor, was added. |
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