2007-05-27 21:51:45 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
its referring to the all you can drink Olympics where everyone in the town was **** faced,except of coarse The judges,who had to be sober enough to pick a drunken winner.back in the ozarks,1985.
2007-05-27 23:16:35 · answer #1 · answered by goldstuck 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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where does the phrase 'sober as a judge' come from?
2016-02-09 19:49:10 · answer #2 · answered by Nadia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-05 11:34:11 · answer #3 · answered by koltz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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where does the phrase 'sober as a judge' come from?
2015-08-10 12:39:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word Sober, has its origin in French/sobre...and this means: according to the Oxford Dictionary:
sober |ˈsōbər| adjective ( -berer , -berest ) not affected by alcohol; not drunk. • serious, sensible, and solemn : a sober view of life | his expression became sober. • free from alcoholism; not habitually drinking alcohol : I've been clean and sober for five years. • muted in color : a sober gray suit. verb make or become sober after drinking alcohol : [ trans. ] that coffee sobered him up | [ intrans. ] I ought to sober up a bit. • make or become more serious, sensible, and solemn : [ intrans. ] his expression sobered her | [as adj. ] ( sobering) a sobering thought. DERIVATIVES soberingly adverb soberly adverb ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French sobre, from Latin sobrius.
Given the fact that sober is related to alcohol, looking at the idiom, "sober as a judge," we can certainly deduct that this is about not being drunk!
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Not at all intoxicated, quite clear-headed, as in Even after three drinks he was sober as a judge. Why judges should be equated with sobriety is not known, but the simile was first recorded in 1694.
2007-05-27 22:03:39 · answer #5 · answered by Just a writer at the sea... 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all intoxicated, quite clear-headed, as in Even after three drinks he was sober as a judge. Why judges should be equated with sobriety is not known, but the simile was first recorded in 1694
2007-05-27 21:54:52 · answer #6 · answered by purpledeucegirl06 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's meant to be ironic, because it's widely known that most judges are raging alcoholics.. both on and off the bench.
2007-05-27 21:54:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sober as a judge" is a simile that is used for someone who is completely sober. Anecdotal sources suggest that it first appeared in T. D Urfey s Injured Princess in 1682 which says:
...fear me man, I am sober as a Judge. And how...
2016-02-06 11:08:57 · answer #8 · answered by Sean 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about it, but I guess it doesn't come from drunken
drivers...
2007-05-28 00:02:56 · answer #9 · answered by javornik1270 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋