گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'tight as a tick'

1 general:: Phrase(s): *tight as a tick 1. very tight. (Fig. on the image of a tick swollen tight with blood or of a tick stuck tightly in someone’s skin. *Also: as ~.) • This lid is screwed on tight as a tick. • The windows were closed—tight as a tick—to keep the cold out. 2. intoxicated. (Fig. on full as a tick. *Also: as ~.) • The old man was tight as a tick but still lucid. • The host got tight as a tick and fell in the pool. 3. [of a race] close, as if the racers are moving very closely together. (*Also: as ~.) • This election is as tight as a tick. 4. very friendly and close; as thick as thieves. (*Also: as ~.) • Those two are tight as a tick. They are always together.

2 general:: Drunk, as in She was tight as a tick after just one glass of wine. This expression alludes to a tick engorged with the blood of the animals it feeds on. [Slang; mid-1800s]