drunk as a skunk

English

Etymology

Although skunk might refer to the aroma of alcohol etc, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

drunk as a skunk

(simile, colloquial) Highly inebriated.

Usage notes

This term follows the common pattern of omitting the first "as" of the full form "as drunk as a skunk".

Synonyms

drunk as a cunt, drunk as a fiddler, drunk as a fiddler's bitch, drunk as a lord, drunk as a piper, drunk as a sow, drunk as a wheelbarrow, drunk as an owl, drunk as Chloe, drunk as David's sow, full as a goog, pissed as a fart, pissed as a newt, tight as a tick; see also Thesaurus:drunk

Translations

Translations

French: bourré comme un coing (fr), plein comme une huître
Galician: borracho como unha cuba
Polish: pijany jak świnia (pl), pijany jak bela (pl), zalany w trupa, nawalony jak Messerschmitt, pijany w pień, pijany jak szewc, nawalony jak stodoła, nawalony jak autobus

Spanish: como una cuba, borracho como una cuba
Swedish: full som en kastrull

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