pickled (to be) [adj]

english idiom to be pickled
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Meaning:

  • drinking too much alcohol so you do unusual behavior.
  • to be severely drunk.

Examples:

  1. He doesn’t remember what happened last night because he was pickled.
  2. I can’t believe how pickled I got last night at the concert.
  3. She was totally pickled after the wedding reception.
  4. I saw John last night at the bar, and he was pickled. I had to help him get home.
  5. He showed up pickled to the meeting, and it was a disaster.
  6. By the time the night was over, they were all pickled and had to be escorted home.
  7. That guy was pickled before the game even started.
  8. We went to that pub and before long, Mike was pickled! He couldn’t even remember what happened the next day.
  9. Don’t get pickled tonight, we have an early meeting tomorrow.
  10. She went to the party and came home pickled. I’m not sure how she managed to walk back!
  11. After that party, I was so pickled, I couldn’t even walk straight.
  12. He was completely pickled by the time we got to the bar.
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