под газом

тж. на газу

прост.

gassed, tight, high, screwed, lit up; tipsy; cf. in one's cups; half seas over; worse the wear for drink

Авдонин. Побежал я, короче говоря, в контору. Комнату просить. Очень плохо соображал... Третий коммунист. Под газом? Авдонин. Какой - под газом! Рано утром. (А. Салынский, Мария) — Avdonin. It was in the morning so, to put it briefly, I ran to the office to ask for a room. I hardly knew what I was doing... Third communist. Were you tight? Avdonin. I wasn't tight at all. It was early in the morning.

И хотя закон об алкоголизме вступил в полную силу,... всё равно много народу под большим "газом". (В. Астафьев, Царь-рыба) — Although the law on alcoholism was now in force,... there were still plenty of people about worse the wear for drink.

Редкие волосы прилипли у Романа к залысинам, красное лицо вспотело - он был уже "на газу". (Н. Дубов, Беглец) — Roman was already high. His face was red and sweaty, and his thin hair straggled stickly over his bald pate.