Lost in the sauce phrase
"Sauce" is a common slang term for alcohol.
Impossible to think, speak clearly or act properly due to drinking an excessive amount of alcohol.
My friends took funny pictures of me when I was lost in the sauce at last night's party.
Of course, you don't remember what happened because you were lost in the sauce.
Destroyed because of a medical condition caused by alcohol addiction.
His girlfriend chucked him when she realized that he was lost in the sauce.
They were heartbroken when knowing their son was lost in the sauce.
Disregarded, forgotten, or overlooked in the midst of a larger group of people or objects.
Can you show me how to stand out like you? I just don't want to be lost in the sauce!
About a year ago, this building was the highest in my city. However, as another sky-crappers mushroom, it gets kind of lost in the sauce.
Overwhelmed by some wild, chaotic, or perplexing state of affairs.
He was lost in the sauce when the police suddenly stormed in and arrested him for drug-related offenses.
John got lost in the sauce when his girlfriend told him she had already had a son.
To be very drunk
be confused about what to do
To be very drunk
Being so scared, confused, and astonished that you can't think or do anything.
1. To stretch or lengthen something, usually a string or cord of some type
2. To extend, postpone, or make longer than it usually would
Although there is no definitive origin of this idiom, it seems the consensus is that the phrase was popularly used by the military before being used by everyone.