Brahms and lizst

Brahms and Lizst

Meaning

Cockney rhyming slang for pissed.

Examples

Two bottles of wine at home and then four pints in the pub – he was totally Brahms by ten-o-clock.

Where did it originate?

Britain.

Where is it used?

Mostly Britain.

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