in your cups

in your cups
   drunk
   You need only one cup, if it is large enough, or refilled sufficiently often:
    ... in his cups could do an admirable softshoe clog. (Sanders, 1973)
   If you have taken a cup too many it means you are drunk.

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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