- drink to excess
- drink to excessEuph. to drink too much alcohol; to drink alcohol continually. •
Mr. Franklin drinks to excess.
•Some people drink to excess only at parties.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
Mr. Franklin drinks to excess.
•Some people drink to excess only at parties.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
drink to excess — index carouse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
excess — n. 1) in excess of 2) to excess (to drink to excess) * * * [ ekses] in excess of to excess (to drink to excess) … Combinatory dictionary
excess — ♦♦♦ excesses (The noun is pronounced [[t]ɪkse̱s[/t]]. The adjective is pronounced [[t]e̱kses[/t]].) 1) N VAR: with supp, usu a N of n An excess of something is a larger amount than is needed, allowed, or usual. An excess of houseplants in a small … English dictionary
excess — Pākela, koe, kaulele, uha uha. ♦ To drink to excess, pākela inu. ♦ To eat to excess, pākela ai, pake ai … English-Hawaiian dictionary
drink — ► VERB (past drank; past part. drunk) 1) take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow. 2) consume alcohol, especially to excess. 3) (drink in) watch or listen eagerly to. ► NOUN 1) a liquid consumed as refreshm … English terms dictionary
drink like a fish — To drink (usu alcohol) to excess • • • Main Entry: ↑fish * * * drink like a fish phrase to drink a lot of alcohol regularly Thesaurus: to drink alcohol, or to be drunksynonym Main entry: fish * * … Useful english dictionary
drink — [driŋk] vt. drank, drunk or now informal Informal drank, drinking [ME drinken < OE drincan, akin to OHG trinkan, Goth drigkan < ? IE base * dhreĝ , to draw > Sans dhrájas , draft] 1. to take (liquid) into the mouth and swallow it 2. to… … English World dictionary
Drink — (dr[i^][ng]k), v. i. [imp. {Drank} (dr[a^][ng]k), formerly {Drunk} (dr[u^][ng]k); & p. p. {Drunk}, {Drunken} ( n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Drinking}. Drunken is now rarely used, except as a verbal adj. in sense of habitually intoxicated; the form drank … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
drink-driving — is the form in BrE for the legal offence of driving a vehicle with an excess of alcohol in the blood; in AmE it is drunk driving (usually as two unhyphened words). The corresponding forms for the offender are drink driver and (again mostly… … Modern English usage
drink-driving — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ the crime of driving a vehicle with an excess of alcohol in the blood … English terms dictionary
drink — v. & n. v. (past drank; past part. drunk) 1 a tr. swallow (a liquid). b tr. swallow the liquid contents of (a vessel). c intr. swallow liquid, take draughts (drank from the stream). 2 intr. take alcohol, esp. to excess (I have heard that he… … Useful english dictionary