top-heavy with drink

Meaning: (idiomatic,rare)drunk1893, John Stephen Farmer,Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: Vol. III—Fla. to Hyps.,‎[1], page278:To have a brick in one’s hat,verb. phr.(American).—To betop-heavy with drink. For synonyms,seeDrinksandScrewed.1910, Avery N. Beebe, “Enforced Sobriety”, inThe World To-day, volume19,page1164:Imagineyourself about to embark on the New York Limited Express for the eastern metropolis; the train made up of ten Pullman passenger, two baggage and one express cars; with an engineertop-heavy with drink, a conductor braced up to a degree of conviviality, the train-dispatchers along the line overworked and sleepy.1995December 11,The New Yorker,page110:Her sister, Sadie, on the other hand, istop-heavy with drink, drugs, and a serious overdose of eyeshadow. She has hopes of following — or staggering — in the footsteps of her sister.2007,John Chilton,Hot Jazz, Warm Feet,‎[2], page124:…including the climactic moment at the conclusion of the recording when George stepped forward (in the tradition of La Scala, Milan) to receive a bouquet but fell into the audience and was tootop-heavy with drinkto get back on-stage.

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