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Drunk, as in She was tight as a tick after just one glass of wine . This expression alludes to a tick engorged with the blood of the animals it feeds on. [ Slang ; mid-1800s]Advertisement
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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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