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in bed with (one's) boots on

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in bed with (one's) boots on

Extremely drunk or passed out from excessive drinking. The phrase suggests that one was too intoxicated to remember to take one's shoes off before getting into bed. You were in bed with your boots on when I got home—how hungover are you today?

See also: bed, boot, on