Idiom
sad drunk
Meaning
A person who is gloomy or depressed when intoxicated, unable to retain reasonable control of their mental and emotional faculties.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He becomes a sad drunk after just two beers.”
“I try to avoid inviting him to parties because he turns into a sad drunk and ruins the mood.”
“The evening took a somber turn when he became a sad drunk, weeping openly about his past regrets while the rest of the group looked on in awkward silence.”
Examples
simple
“He becomes a sad drunk after just two beers.”
contextual
“I try to avoid inviting him to parties because he turns into a sad drunk and ruins the mood.”
complex
“The evening took a somber turn when he became a sad drunk, weeping openly about his past regrets while the rest of the group looked on in awkward silence.”
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