Usually used predicatively; informal.
He was half-seas-over after the party.
Il était éméché après la fête.
Synonyms
three sheets to the wind
under the influence
Informal; chiefly used in the sense 'slightly drunk'.
éméchéFamilier ; s’emploie surtout en tournure adjectivale en français. He came home half-seas-over.
pompetteFamilier ; s’emploie surtout en tournure adjectivale en français. Synonyms
a little drunk
slightly drunk
in a tipsy way
half drunk