what worries me is what they'll get up when we arrive—they're a bit bevvied
Example sentencesExamples
Little bars down sidestreets are dripping with character, but remember no matter how quaffable the lovely red wine is, getting bevvied up is not a very Italian thing to do.
The girls would stand, or sit, along one side of the dance floor and the boys, after they got bevvied up, would stand, or sit, along the other side.
Never mind... Let's get bevvied next time, and have a laugh.
But, as he concedes, no matter how bevvied they get, few expect them to beat the likes of Italy in the competition.
Old dears about to get bevvied on whisky or port and lemon used to cry: ‘Through the teeth and round the gums / Watch out tumtum, here it comes.’
Extended happy hour 5-9pm gives plenty of time to get well bevvied before the show.
And the moral of the story is, don't ask sarcastic expats for money at midnight, when they're bevvied up.
The executive is mainly concerned about young people's appalling drinking habits, but youngsters do not so much buy rounds as get themselves bevvied up on vodka before they leave home.
The Skipper couldn't understand how we were getting bevvied every day.
Gangs of bevvied thugs stumble the streets, eyeing pedestrians as the lion does the gazelle.
Synonyms
intoxicated, inebriated, drunken, befuddled, incapable, tipsy, the worse for drink, under the influence, maudlin