in cups



in one's cups

Euph. drunk. She doesn't make much sense when she's in her cups. The speaker—who was in his cups—could hardly be understood.
See also: cup

in (one's) cups

Intoxicated; drunk.
See also: cup

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Brigida-Italian, Spanish
AlexAL-əks (English), AH-ləks (Dutch)English, Dutch, German, French, Portuguese, Italian, Romanian, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic
TonĆI-Croatian
Ofir-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Brutus-Ancient Roman
Yianni-Greek