tight as a drum

tight as a drum
((as) tight as a drum)
1) "тугой, как барабан", туго натянутый

Tom has eaten... till his little skin is as tight as a drum. (Th. Hughes, ‘Tom Brown at Oxford’, ch. IV) — Том так наелся... что живот его стал как барабан.

2) разг. вдребезги, мертвецки пьяный (тж. as tight as an owl или as a tick)

There was an English Lord and his Lady, long and lean both of them, who were prepared to dine with anyone who would give them a free meal. They were certain to be as tight as drums before midnight. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Gigolo and Gigolette’) — Английский лорд со своей леди, оба долговязые и тощие, готовые обедать со всяким, кто согласен кормить их бесплатно. Эти двое еще до полуночи будут пьяны как сапожники.

...I told her that Shorty was in the library, as tight as an owl and breaking windows. (P. G. Wodehouse, ‘Spring Fever’, ch. 17) — ...я сказал вашей сестре, что Шорти, вдрызг пьяный, был в библиотеке и бил там окна.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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