when the wine is in, the wit is out
- when the wine is in, the wit is out
Wit is used in the sense of ‘intelligence’, rather than ‘clever or amusing talk’.
c 1390 GOWER Confessio Amantis VI. 555 For wher that wyn doth wit aweie [does away with wit], Wisdom hath lost the rihte weie [path].
1529 MORE Dialogue of Images III. xvi. Whan the wyne were in and the wyt out, wolde they take vppon them..to handle holy scrypture.
1560 T. BECON Works I. 536v When the wine is in, the wit is out.
1710 S. PALMER Proverbs 18 When the Wine’s In, the Wit’s Out.
1854 J. W. WARTER Last of Old Squires vi. None is a Fool always, every one sometimes. When the Drink goes in, then the Wit goes out.
1937 V. WILKINS And so—Victoria iii. Remember what I told you last night—that with wine in, wits go out.
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