One more drink and I'd have been under the host.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Uses wordplay to suggest that another drink would make the speaker collapse under the host.
- In plain terms
- One more drink and I would pass out.
- What can you take from it?
- Humor can mask the limits of drinking.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we joke about limits?
- What do drinks reveal about self?
Another view
It minimizes the physical effects of intoxication.
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