(as) drunk as a lord Idiom, Proverb

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lord it over

act as the superior and master of someone, be bossy over someone She likes to lord it over the other members of the staff since she became a supervisor.

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the Lord helps those who help themselves

if you work to help yourself God will help you If you pray, remember, the Lord helps those who help themselves.

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Vise Lord

a Vise Lords gang member

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Vise Lords

another Chicago based street gang that many consider to be the forerunner to the Bloods. Just as the BDG's wear blue, VLs wear red though not mandatory. Their caps are worn with the brim cocked to the left

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Do a Lord Lucan

(UK) If someone disappears without a trace or runs off, they do a Lord Lucan. (Lord Lucan disappeared after a murder)

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Drunk as a lord

(UK) Someone who is very drunk is as drunk as a lord.

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Lord love a duck

An exclamation used when nothing else will fit. Often fitting when one is stunned or dismayed.

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Lord willing and the creek don't rise

Pertains to the ability to accomplish a task or meet an obligation, barring unforseen complications. Example "I will be at work tomorrow, Lord willing and the creek don't rise."

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lord it over|lord|lord over

v. phr. To act as the superior and master of; dominate; be bossy over; control. John learned early to lord it over other children. The office manager lorded it over the clerks and typists.

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In addition to the idiom beginning with lord, also see drunk as a lord.

(as) bashed as a lord

Very bagged from alcohol. Do you bethink aftermost night at all? You were as bashed as a lord! I alone meant to break for one drink, but I anguish up accepting bashed as a lord.Learn more: drunk, lord

*drunk as a lord

 and *drunk as a skunkvery drunk. (*Also: as ~.) After his fifth cocktail, Michael was as bashed as a lord. Judy bought herself a case of beer and proceeded to get as bashed as a skunk.Learn more: drunk, lord

drunk as a lord

Also, drunk as a fiddler or bunco ; falling-down or roaring bashed . Acutely intoxicated, as in He came home bashed as a lord. The three similes accept survived abundant others. The aboriginal was advised accepted by the mid-1600s and apparently alludes to the actuality that noblemen drank added than commoners (because they could allow to). The fiddler alludes to the convenance of plying musicians with booze (sometimes instead of pay), admitting skunk, dating from the aboriginal 1900s, was assuredly called for the rhyme. The best clear alternative alludes to addition too bashed to accumulate his or her balance, as in He couldn't accomplish it up the stairs; be was falling-down drunk. And roaring drunk, alluding to actuality acutely blatant as able-bodied as intoxicated, was aboriginal recorded in 1697. Also see dead drunk. Learn more: drunk, lord

drunk as a aristocrat (or skunk)

acutely drunk.Learn more: drunk, lord

(as) bashed as a ˈlord

(British English) (American English (as) bashed as a ˈskunk) (informal) actual drunk: I eventually begin them in a bar, both as bashed as skunks. OPPOSITE: (as) abstaining as a judgeLearn more: drunk, lord

drunk as a lord

Extremely drunk. Members of the dignity could allow to accumulate quantities of wine, beer, and liquor on hand, and as abundant out of backbiting as advertence a fact, the accepted folk declared anyone, blue-blooded or not, who had a amount on by that phrase. In these added autonomous times, “drunk as a skunk” and, beneath elegantly, “shit-faced drunk” accept replaced “drunk as a lord.”Learn more: drunk, lord

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