Sober as a Judge—i.e. grave and sedate.

(See Similes.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

Snowdonia
Snowdrop (The)
Snuff
Snuff Out
Soane Museum
Soap
Soap (Castile)
Soaped-pig Fashion (In)
Soapy Sam
Sober or Sobrius
Sober as a Judge—i.e. grave and sedate
Sobrino (in Orlando Furioso)
Sobriquet (French)
Socialism
Société de Momus
Society
Sock [comedy]
Sock a Corpse (To)
Socrates
Sodom
Soffarides