have a drop too much

Yes, I'm afraid as he'd had a drop too much.

Did you have a drop too much to drink?"

It would be as much as Dad could do to keep himself in order after he'd had a drop too much.

Jest had a drop too much.

Stephen had had a drop too much one day and spoke to him saucy like, and got the sack for it.

When I've had a drop too much, I'm full of good natur myself.'

"There's a good shipmate when he's sober, but God spare me when he's had a drop too much!"

He had a fit of coughing and swayed backwards and forwards on his long legs as if already he had a drop too much.

'We all know there's no more sorry sight in the world than a lady who's had a drop too much, but a spoonful or so can be highly medicinal.

But he did ask forgiveness, and even gave a loud sob, but no one took any notice of that, since they all supposed he had had a drop too much.

In the country they often mix it with cider, and thus moderate its effect [...] A man who was bought before the Pershore magistrates on a charge of drunkenness confessed he had a drop too much of it.