be one over (the) eight



be one over (the) eight

To be thoroughly inebriated. Primarily heard in UK. I think someone should drive Jerry home, he's one over the eight. I guess I was making something of a show of myself, but I was having too much fun to realise that I was one over eight.
See also: eight, one

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mckinney[mə'kini:]
AdorjÁN-Hungarian
Eilionoir-Scottish
Varda-Hebrew
SilleSEE-leDanish
Rifka-Yiddish