tie a few onとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

to tie one on (三人称単数 現在形 ties one on, 現在分詞 tying one on, 過去形および過去分詞形 tied one on)

1. (idiomatic) To drink alcohol excessively, to the point of becoming drunk.
   • 1940, Hearst's International combined with Cosmopolitan, volume 109, page 77: 

     "Let's tie one on!" said Peachy gaily. "Come on, Eve!"
     Eve said she couldn't drink a thing. "Besides, it's fattening!"

   • 2004, Paul Theroux, "Books: Damned Old Graham Greene," New York Times, 17 Oct. (retrieved 14 Sep 2010):

     Haiti . . . was distressed, tropical, ramshackle, overcrowded, poor and on the brink of civil war. . . . Its ornate hotels were in a state of decay, yet there was enough alcohol available for a guest to tie one on.