VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Under the influence

Meaning:

Intoxicated, inebriated, or otherwise stupefied by an ingested mind-altering substance, commonly speaking of alcohol : drunk.

Examples:

  • Suppose he was under the influence at the time.
  • And that man was under the influence of the moon.
  • Our society was formed under the influence of Jacobinist states.
  • Being under the influence isn't a very good defense.
  • I believe she's under the influence of a posthypnotic suggestion.
  • Well, anything he says under the influence is inadmissible.
  • She is always under the influence of her parents.
  • That you've been under the influence of other people?
  • Or maybe she said she was under the influence.
  • That's not fair, I was under the influence of evil.