Off the rack

phr.

Heard in Armagh

Extremely drunk to the point of being incapacitated or disorderly.

In use

He was completely off the rack last night after supping those whiskies!

Posh English

He was thoroughly inebriated and quite dishevelled last evening after consuming those whiskies.

  • RackTo comb the hair; used in parts of West Tipperary in place of the standard verb.
  • Rack 'em!An instruction to get on with the business at hand, from the Littleton area.
  • Smelly arsed drunkExtremely intoxicated, to the point of being foul and unsteady.
  • As drunk as a LordVery drunk.
  • Drunk as a skunkTo be so drunk that one flatulates involuntarily, so much so that the vulgar aroma…
  • Wallopped drunkExtremely drunk.