"on the piss" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-on the piss.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From on (“regularly taking”) + the + slang piss (“any alcoholic drink”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|on||regularly taking}} on (“regularly taking”), {{m|en|the}} the, {{m|en|piss||any alcoholic drink}} piss (“any alcoholic drink”) Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on the piss, {{en-PP}} on the piss
  1. (British, slang, vulgar) Drinking alcoholic beverages to excess. Tags: British, slang, vulgar Synonyms: on the grog, on the lash, on the razz, on the sauce, on the turps
    Sense id: en-on_the_piss-en-prep_phrase-a49KBRMg Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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