off their tits
- idiom
- Offensive
:
borrachos perdidos (informal, vulgar)
- After the football match, the fans were off their tits with joy.
There was loads of times when he he was just a messy and everyone was smoking, everyone was smoking crack, everyone was fucking off their tits.
- There was loads of times when he he was just a messy and everyone was smoking, everyone was smoking crack, everyone was fucking off their tits.
Examples
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After a few drinks, everyone was off their tits.
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They were off their tits at the party last night!
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He came to the party already off their tits, barely able to stand straight.
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She was off their tits by the end of the night, laughing uncontrollably at everything.
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After the party, everyone was off their tits and dancing wildly.
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He was completely off their tits after a night of heavy drinking.
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We were all off their tits and having the time of our lives at the festival.
Synonyms
To say someone is very drunk or high on drugs in an informal rude way
Very drunk after drinking too much
Feeling confused and out of control after drinking or when very upset
Acting in a very strange and not sensible way
Very excited and unable to stay calm
Antonyms
How Intoxicated
Surface Forms
Morphology
off + their + tit
The phrase 'off their tits' uses a vulgar body-part noun and a slang usage of 'off' that together form a figurative, idiomatic meaning (intoxicated/extremely excited) not predictable from the literal meanings of 'off', 'their' and 'tit'. This is a colloquial, culture-specific slang expression whose sense cannot be compositionally derived by a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words.
Etymology
The idiom off their tits comes from a rude image: someone is so drunk or high that they are off their normal self and wildly out of control, as if even their tits were not steady. That's why it means 'extremely excited or intoxicated'.