Idiom
brick in one's hat
Meaning
Drunkenness.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He had a brick in his hat after the party.”
“The man stumbled out of the tavern with a brick in his hat, laughing loudly at his own jokes.”
“Despite his attempts to appear composed during the formal dinner, his slurred speech and unsteady gait betrayed the fact that he had a brick in his hat.”
Examples
simple
“He had a brick in his hat after the party.”
contextual
“The man stumbled out of the tavern with a brick in his hat, laughing loudly at his own jokes.”
complex
“Despite his attempts to appear composed during the formal dinner, his slurred speech and unsteady gait betrayed the fact that he had a brick in his hat.”
Origin
US, circa 1846. Presumably due to staggering walk when drunk; compare top-heavy with drink.
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