off one's tits
- idiom
- Offensive
:
borracho
- He's off his tits!
Examples
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I was probably off my tits on Quaaludes.
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When she drinks too much, she becomes completely off one's tits.
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I was off my tits.
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I was off my tits.
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She's off her tits.
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After three cocktails, I was off one's tits and could barely stand.
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He always gets off one's tits after just a few beers.
Synonyms
46
5.8
Not able to do daily tasks safely because of alcohol or drugs
44
4.2
Unable to control your actions because of alcohol or drugs
8
6.5
To be very drunk after drinking too much alcohol
4
8.9
Too much alcohol makes a person very unsteady and unable to think clearly
1
9.9
A person who is very drunk and cannot find their way home
1
8.4
Very drunk from drinking alcohol
1
9.9
Very drunk after drinking too much alcohol
Not in control because of alcohol or drugs
Very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol
Very drunk after drinking a lot of alcohol
Very drunk after drinking too much
Drunk after drinking too much alcohol
Feeling very drunk and acting foolishly
Antonyms
How Intoxicated
Surface Forms
Morphology
off + one's + tit
The meaning 'extremely intoxicated' is not transparently built from 'off' (which can mean away/removed) plus 'tit(s)' (a vulgar word for breast); the body-part element does not contribute a predictable sense of drunkenness. While English has patterns like 'off one's ...' to mark an abnormal state, this particular slang/vulgar idiom is idiomatic and unpredictable, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituents would not reliably infer the meaning.
Etymology
The idiom off one's tits may come from the same idea as saying 'off your head' — someone is so out of control they are away from their normal mind, with off showing the loss of control and tits used as a strong, vivid word for the body. One popular story says people used this blunt image to show extreme loss of control, so the phrase now means 'very drunk or high'.