Thread: Drunken as a Lord, sober as ...

In an exercise a boy has been in a bar; everybody drinks but him. He goes out sober as " ст

[quote=Vladi]In an exercise a boy has been in a bar; everybody drinks but him. He goes out sober as " ст

...то есть аастекленевший! (С)

Drunk as a Lord, sober as a Lesbian.

Originally Posted by Ramil

Don't ask me why such a metaphor is used to describe the sobriety. It's rather commonly used and I think it has to do with the crystal clear (like glass) state of one's mind compared to the drunken one's

Lingvo dictionary article:
http://lingvo.yandex.ru/en?text=%F1%F2% ... B%F8%EA%EE

Трезв как стеклышко - antonym - Пьяный в дым.

When somebody drunk much. He always see everything in a fog (дым).
When somebody not drunk at all. He see everything as through a cryltal (стекло).

Originally Posted by Wowik

Lingvo dictionary article:
http://lingvo.yandex.ru/en?text=%F1%F2% ... B%F8%EA%EE

Трезв как стеклышко - antonym - Пьяный в дым.

When somebody drinks too much, he always sees everything in a fog (дым).
When somebody has not been drinking at all. He sees everything as through a crystal (стекло).

That's funny!