one over the eight

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One or more servings too many of alcohol, leading to drunkenness; one too many. colloquial
    — “She’s had one over the eight,” grinned the driver. Audrey’s first impression was that the man was speaking of her, and she wondered what he meant. But he was looking beyond her, and, following the direction of his eyes, she saw a sight that first sickened and then moved her to pity. Clinging to the rails that bordered the area was a woman. She held tight with one hand, swaying unsteadily, whilst with the other she was manipulating the knocker of the front door of the house next to that place of mystery which she had left.
形容词 adj.
  1. Drunk. colloquial
    — “Actually,” said the Captain, “and strictly between ourselves, mind, I was run over by a tram in Stoke-on-Trent when I was one-over-the-eight.”

词形变化

more one over the eight comparative most one over the eight superlative

词源

词源 1
1920s UK origin, from the idea that one can drink eight pints of beer without getting drunk.
词源 2
1920s UK origin, from the idea that one can drink eight pints of beer without getting drunk.
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