Talk:drink under the table

under the table

Is the sequence under the table idiomatic here? --Backinstadiums (talk) 15:33, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

• Not really. This means that a person can drink more than would render another person insensible (who would collapse "under the table"). SemperBlotto (talk) 15:36, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

@SemperBlotto: sandbag: To pretend to drink early on so that, as the night draws on, one can drink everybody else "under the table". --Backinstadiums (talk) 16:10, 30 June 2019 (UTC)

• The OED has :- "colloquial. Drunk to the point of insensibility, esp. in to drink (also put, see, etc.) someone under the table: to outdrink someone; to drink with someone until that person is drunk to the point of insensibility. Now frequently in extended use in to —— someone under the table: to outdo or outlast in or overcome with the specified form of activity." SemperBlotto (talk) 16:25, 30 June 2019 (UTC)