half in the bag , auch: half up the pole , auch: half-canned , auch: half crocked , auch: half-lit , auch: half-sprung , auch: half-stewed

I'd thought that he was about half in the bag.

The guy was half in the bag and I couldn't get him to come over the counter."

The man didn't come downstairs till afternoon and was already half in the bag.

We'd had a few drinks, and we were all half in the bag - the band, the audience, everybody.

They were both half in the bag from smokin' grass all day.

The local businessman was already half in the bag.

He was already half in the bag with Jack Daniel's.

"I heard that, and I'm not half in the bag.

They struggle around, half in the bag, to get Roger's climbing gear off.

He'll get about half in the bag some night and try to knock over a liquor store or a tavern.

Even half in the bag, he knew his stuff."

Jack Ryan was about half in the bag by this time, and if the media found out about it, the hell with them.

If I was half in the bag I'd be a lot happier."

She was really getting to him, actually making his heart beat faster, and under those circumstances being half in the bag was very dangerous indeed.

He mentioned it at the Christmas party, Frank half in the bag but still quiet telling her.

Practically everybody was half in the bag, including Chaplains.

He had a shotgun next to the chair, and he was half in the bag from booze already.

It was really fun seeing him play this really powerful character who's half in the bag."

Dear old Dad, Clete realized, is half in the bag.

"She knows she's half in the bag, talkative, so she's trying to hold herself down.

"It's old lady Nowicki, driving half in the bag."

"Wait," Derek said, in his wet underwear, weaving a little, still half in the bag.

I mean, if you guys can perform major surgery when you're half in the bag, then I can fly a plane."

Tear-tracked, half in the bag, spattered with blood-Rubin's blood!

"McKlearey," I said, trying to keep my cool and keep the whole thing from blowing up, "you're about half in the bag.