Drinking
Both words in one sentence
- Subverted, oddly enough, in Two Lumps, which is actually about two cats, where the cat that appears to be high on catnip has actually been drinking vodka.
Source: High On Catnip - The person drinking several full glasses of fine, high-value wine a day is just as much of an alcohol abuser or alcoholic as is the one drinking a bottle of whiskey a day, and vice versa.
Source: Artistic License Pharmacology - Can be seen in people who are used to drinking one type of alcoholic beverage who try another one with a higher alcohol content but a similar taste: they'll drink at the pace they are used to which is too high for what they are actually drinking.
Source: Can't Hold His Liquor
Cite this Source
High and Drinking. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/drinking/high
Drinking & High. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/drinking/high>.
High or Drinking. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/drinking/high.
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