on the piss

English

Etymology

From on (“regularly taking”) + the + slang piss (“any alcoholic drink”).

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on the piss

  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, vulgar) Drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
    We're going out on the piss tonight. Want to come?
    • 2008, Colin Shaddick, Isn't Sex Noisy, →ISBN, page 50:
      Life is meaningless, when I've been on the piss.

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