have drink taken

English

Verb

have drink taken (third-person singular simple present has drink taken, present participle having drink taken, simple past and past participle had drink taken)

1. (UK, Ireland, colloquial, humorous) To be (extremely) drunk.

   My client had drink taken when he vandalised that wall, Your Honour.

   • 1970, Eric Cross, The Tailor and Ansty, page 106:

     The coroner wanted to know where the hell he thought he was going, and the Sheep explained that he was “going behind”, for he had drink taken and his bladder was weak.

   • 2010, J. P. Donleavy, The Ginger Man:

     Next day on the Earl's Court Road I had drink taken and they said, rather unkindly, that I was seen running down the center of the street swinging an umbrella and that I attacked poor MacDoon who only asked that I desist.