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drunk as a skunk en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom.

Meanings

  1. (colloquial, qualifier:simile) Highly inebriated.

Synonyms

drunk as a fiddler · tight as a tick · drunk as a cunt · drunk as a piper · drunk as David's sow · pissed as a fart · drunk as Chloe · drunk as a lord · drunk as an owl · pissed as a newt · drunk as a wheelbarrow · full as a goog · drunk as a sow · drunk as a fiddler's bitch

Translations (21)

pl pijany jak bela (Translations) · fr plein comme une huître (Translations) · da fuld som en allike (Translations) · es como una cuba (Translations) · fr bourré comme un coing (Translations) · pl nawalony jak stodoła (Translations) · pl nawalony jak autobus (Translations) · pl pijany jak szewc (Translations) · pl pijany jak świnia (Translations) · scn mmriacu comu na signa (Translations) · gl borracho como unha cuba (Translations) · sv full som en kastrull (Translations) · fi umpikännissä (Translations) · pt bêbado como um gambá (Translations) · pl nawalony jak Messerschmitt (Translations) · es borracho como una cuba (Translations) · fr plein comme un œuf (Translations) · pl pijany w pień (Translations) · fi kännissä kuin käki (Translations) · pl zalany w trupa (Translations) · sv full som en alika (Translations)