Pie-eyed
adj, slang ·Common ·Middle school level
Definitions
- 1 With one's eyes wide open and staring in an expressionless manner; wide-eyed. informal
"[H]ere I've been roosting all day long, with nothing to do but gaze at this bunch of would-be scribes grinding out jazz copy, and now, at half-past four, that pie-eyed zebra of a Sunday editor has to hand me an assignment about as concrete as a hunk of Hudson River mist; and I've got a date with Vita for supper at six."
- 2 (Extremely) drunk or intoxicated. broadly, informal
""He's just pie-eyed," said Dart quietly. "God knows how much straight alcohol he's had. Better come over here, Andy.""
- 1 very drunk wordnet
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More examples"[H]ere I've been roosting all day long, with nothing to do but gaze at this bunch of would-be scribes grinding out jazz copy, and now, at half-past four, that pie-eyed zebra of a Sunday editor has to hand me an assignment about as concrete as a hunk of Hudson River mist; and I've got a date with Vita for supper at six."
Etymology
From pie (“type of pastry consisting of an outer crust and a filling”) + eyed, a hyperbole suggesting that a person’s eyes are open so wide that they are as large as pies.
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