off one's face

off one's face
adj
completely drunk or under the influence of drugs. A variant of 'off one's head'. The usage arose in
Australian speech, but by the mid-1990s was in common use in Britain among younger speakers.
The variant 'off one's case' is also used by prison inmates in the UK.
"'I went high at university!' he said rea-sonably. 'Used to get really on my face in fact..."'
► '"Off! Off! Dad, it's off your face", Mouche screeched from the bed.' (Girls' Night Out, Kathy Lette, 1989) inside, we were buzzing nicely ... I was off my face: 1995 had come early.' (Independent, 24 January 1995)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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  • off one's face — (slang) 1. Drunk or high on drugs 2. Crazy • • • Main Entry: ↑face …   Useful english dictionary

  • off one's face — Phrs. Very intoxicated by alcohol or drugs. Cf. out of one s face …   English slang and colloquialisms

  • shoot\ off\ one's\ face — • shoot off one s mouth • shoot off one s face v. phr. slang To give opinions without knowing all the facts; talk as if you know everything. Tom has never been to Florida, but he s always shooting his mouth off about how superior Florida is to… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • off one's face — adjective Extremely intoxicated, either by alcohol or drugs …   Wiktionary

  • Off one's face — extremely drunk …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • off one's face — Australian Slang extremely drunk …   English dialects glossary

  • shoot off one's face — phrasal see shoot off one s mouth …   Useful english dictionary

  • off one's jaw — adj British drunk. A variant form of the earlier off one s head/face recorded in 2002 …   Contemporary slang

  • off one's pickle — adj British drunk. A variant form of the earlier off one s head/face recorded in 2002 …   Contemporary slang

  • shoot\ off\ one's\ mouth — • shoot off one s mouth • shoot off one s face v. phr. slang To give opinions without knowing all the facts; talk as if you know everything. Tom has never been to Florida, but he s always shooting his mouth off about how superior Florida is to… …   Словарь американских идиом

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