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
ĐỨC-Vietnamese
Ariaden[æri'ædni]
Jonas (1)YO-nusLithuanian
Meliton-Ancient Greek, Georgian
Pradip-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Nepali
Ayalaie-ah-LAHHebrew