Alternative spelling of A-sharp

(slang, simile) Drunk to the point of incapacity; inebriated.

(chiefly British, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong) the accident and emergency (casualty) department of a hospital. / Initialism of Arts and Entertainment.

(obsolete, slang) To be hanged on the gallows.

(idiomatic, obsolete, slang, Britain) A roundabout, nonsensical story.

(American spelling, idiomatic) An unrelated or only incidentally related matter with distinctly different significance.

(idiomatic) Superlative; impossible to beat.

(of a hit record) That has entered the charts in a high position, or has climbed rapidly in the charts, or is thought to have the potential for further rapid advancement.

Alternative form of up the creek

(trading) To buy an instrument whose price is falling rapidly. / (trading) To buy an instrument with the unconfirmed assumption that price will reverse.