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sober as a judge
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Idioms and Phrases
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.Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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