A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced: the imagination is agreeably stirred; the wits become more nimble. A bottle produces the opposite effect.
It would be pleasant to be drunk.
Intoxicated? The word did not express it by a mile. He was oiled, boiled, fried, plastered, whiffled, sozzled, and blotto.
No, Lord Maccon was riproaring, tumble down, without a doubt, pickled beyond the gherkin.
Some of you fellers are getting 'Whiskey Slick.'
It's always difficult to make conversation with a drunk, and there's no denying it, the sober are at a disadvantage with him.
Having been familiar with "drunk" once or twice myself, that lick just came to me - and yeah, it sounded very drunk, so I presented it to Alice [Cooper]. It felt like he wrote the lyrics in about a minute.
Dead drunk is the term I think of, insensible, neither cool nor warm, without a head or a foot. To be drunk is to be intimate with a fool.
I go out with a lot of British people. Some of them say I sound a little tipsy.
To be intoxicated is to feel sophisticated, but not be able to say it.
I'm not going to lie to you fellas, I've been drinking
I was somewhat drunk with what I had done. And I am always one to prefer being sober.
To describe drunkenness for the colorful vocabulary is rather cynical. There is nothing easier than to capitalize on drunkards.
I was a little drunk. Not drunk in any positive sense but just enough to be careless.
One more drink and I'd have been under the host.
All right. Let's give you something to tell your grandkids about. Or great-grandkids. Or great-great-grandkids." I snort with glee, delirious with excitement. Charlie winks and pours me another finger's worth of whiskey. Then, on second thought, he tips the bottle again. I reach out and grab its neck. "Better not," I say. "Don't want to get tipsy and break a hip.
If drunk were cookies, I'd be Famous Amos
After the two drinks, she felt warm inside, and slightly indistinct at the edges.
A drunk doesn't try to stand up; a drunk tries not to fall down.
I get really saucy after a few drinks. Sexy rude, not obnoxious rude.
