in one's cups

in (one's) cups

Drunk. When you're in your cups, foolish ideas have a peculiar tendency of sounding like excellent ones. He called to apologize the following morning, claiming that he had been in his cups when he made those rude remarks. Well, I must have been in my cups if I got up and did karaoke at the bar!

See also: cup

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in one's cups

Drunk, as in You can't believe anything he says when he's in his cups. [Early 1600s]

See also: cup

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