tired and emotional

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (British, euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic) Drunk.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tired, emotional.

Etymologie (Englisch)

First used by the British satirical magazine Private Eye in 1967, in a spoof diplomatic memo to describe the state of cabinet minister George Brown. It is now used as a stock phrase and euphemism to avoid litigation for libel, and the phrase has spread well beyond the magazine.

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