释义 |
Not at all intoxicated, quite clear-headed, as in Even after three drinks he was sober as a judge. Why judges should be equated with sobriety is not known, but the simile was first recorded in 1694. Words nearby sober as a judgeSoay, sob, soba, sobeit, sober, sober as a judge, sober-headed, soberize, sober-minded, Sobers, sobersided The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |