Into his cups

Drunk, inebriated, sossed

He downed the beers so rapidly that within a half hour he was well into his cups

in his cups

in his fighting spirit and/or drunk

He is usually a little timid when he was talking to his wife, but nobody in the bar can beat him when he's in his cups!

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in his World cups

so exited by the World Cup extravaganza that one is literally like one intoxicated.

He is in his World cups to such an extent that he sometimes forgets to eat.

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