full as a goog en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
See Australian slang goog (“egg”).
Meanings
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(Australia, colloquial, not-comparable, qualifier:simile) Having eaten too much.
After a while I sat back and breathed a heavy sigh. “I am full as a goog!”
2003, Michael Michalak, A Voice from the Ashes: A Tribute to Elaine, page 74:‘I′m full as a goog, Mr Goldberg. Couldn′t manage another crumb.’
1998, Bryce Courtenay, Jessica, unnumbered page:‘Don't worry this one′s as full as a goog. It won′t get far,’ Dig yelled, watching the albatross struggle to keep itself aloft.
2007, James Woodford, Whitecap, page 39:
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(Australia, broadly, colloquial, not-comparable) Very drunk.
Jack′s as full as a goog and near the Town Hall he spews up his lunch. (Of course, neither of them today has any idea that Jack will one day be Premier of New South Wales.)
2007, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 167:Amos′s grin widened, “You mean the man was drunk?” Mathewson laughed out loud, “He was full as a goog but you said it, laddie, I din′t!”
2005, Clara M. Miller, The Eye of the Storm, page 147:“Well, old Foll was in that bar, as full as a goog.” Mr Jennings leered with the delight that seeing old Foll full as a goog had brought him.
1974, Brian James., The Advancement of Spencer Button, page 95:
Synonyms
stuffed · full as a tick · engorged
Translations (3)
ko 과식한 (having eaten too much) · it pieno come un'otre (having eaten too much) · tr yumurta gibi doldum (veya doydum) (having eaten too much)