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Idiom

under the mahogany

Meaning

Drunk, intoxicated.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“He drank too much and is now under the mahogany.”

“After three rounds of whiskey at the bar, the old man was clearly under the mahogany.”

“The sailors spent their entire shore leave under the mahogany, oblivious to the world around them.”

Examples

simple

“He drank too much and is now under the mahogany.”

contextual

“After three rounds of whiskey at the bar, the old man was clearly under the mahogany.”

complex

“The sailors spent their entire shore leave under the mahogany, oblivious to the world around them.”

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