half in the bag

One caveat with this stand: you can only be served if you're half in the bag.

Asked what was most surprising about being in government, she answered: “I am probably going to get in a lot of trouble for saying this, but the drinking! It is the drinking that blows my mind. You cannot operate a motor vehicle when you’ve had two beers, but you can make laws that affect people’s lives forever when you’re half in the bag? That’s outrageous.”

I will not have someone using my house as a free hotel because he doesn’t understand that his wife is tired of working all day, picking up the kids from day care, going home, doing chores, cooking dinner, especially when he shows up at 7:30 half in the bag.

“You cannot operate a motor vehicle when you’ve had two beers, but you can make laws that affect people’s lives forever when you’re half in the bag? That’s outrageous.”

“You cannot operate a motor vehicle when you’ve had two beers but you can make laws that affect people’s lives forever when you’re half in the bag? That’s outrageous.”