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===Etymology=== |
===Etymology=== |
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Although {{m|en|skunk}} might refer to the aroma of |
Although {{m|en|skunk}} might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
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* {{audio|en|En-au-drunk as a skunk.ogg|a=AU}} |
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===Adjective=== |
===Adjective=== |
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# {{lb|en|simile|colloquial}} Highly [[inebriated]]. |
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====Usage notes==== |
====Usage notes==== |
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====Synonyms==== |
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* {{l|en|drunk as a cunt}}, {{l|en|drunk as a fiddler}}, {{l|en|drunk as a fiddler's bitch}}, {{l|en|drunk as a lord}}, {{l|en|drunk as a piper}}, {{l|en|drunk as a sow}}, {{l|en|drunk as a wheelbarrow}}, {{l|en|drunk as an owl}}, {{l|en|drunk as Chloe}}, {{l|en|drunk as David's sow}}, {{l|en|full as a goog}}, {{l|en|pissed as a fart}}, {{l|en|pissed as a newt}}, {{l|en|tight as a tick}}; see also [[Thesaurus:drunk]] |
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* [[drunk as a lord]] |
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|kännissä kuin käki}}, {{t|fi|umpikännissä}} |
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* French: {{t+|fr|bourré comme un coing}}, {{t+|fr|plein comme une huître}}, {{t+|fr|plein comme un œuf}} |
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* Galician: {{t|gl|borracho como unha cuba}} |
* Galician: {{t|gl|borracho como unha cuba}} |
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* Polish: {{t+|pl|pijany jak świnia}}, {{t+|pl|pijany jak bela}}, {{t|pl|zalany w trupa}}, {{t|pl|nawalony jak Messerschmitt}}, {{t|pl|pijany w pień}}, {{t|pl|pijany jak szewc}}, {{t|pl|nawalony jak stodoła}}, {{t|pl|nawalony jak autobus}} |
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* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bêbado como um gambá}} |
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* Sicilian: {{t|scn|mmriacu comu na signa}} |
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* Spanish: {{t|es|como una cuba}}, {{t|es|borracho como una cuba}} |
* Spanish: {{t|es|como una cuba}}, {{t|es|borracho como una cuba}} |
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* Swedish: {{t+|sv|full som en alika}}, {{t|sv|full som en kastrull}} |
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{{cln|en|rhyming phrases}} |
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{{C|en|Alcoholism}} |
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[[mg:drunk as a skunk]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:32, 27 September 2024
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Adjective
[edit]- (simile, colloquial) Highly inebriated.
Usage notes
[edit]- This term follows the common pattern of omitting the first "as" of the full form "as drunk as a skunk".
Synonyms
[edit]- 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
[edit]Translations
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