LEGLESS

This sounds a little like “doesn’t have a leg to stand on,” but its meaning is completely different.
 Someone who is legless is extremely drunk.

 Examples

 “Hospital medics are regularly abused and attacked by legless patients, while police officers are now a routine sight inside Accident and Emergency departments.”

 “The UK government wants to slap boozy and disruptive travellers with instant fines worth hundreds of pounds to deter the culture of getting legless before getting airborne.”

 “This category consists of 24 million adults over the age of 18, but before you place yourself in this category because you like to get legless every weekend, let’s have a look at just what those at the top are actually drinking.”


 This term can also be used in a literal sense to mean having no legs (like this earthworm).

 e.g. “High-speed camera reveals the secrets of a legless larva’s leap”


 Photo credit: Kenneth Cole Schneider (Creative Commons)