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Although (deprecated template usage) skunk might refer to the aroma of alcohol etc, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom.

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

drunk — see drunk

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 ==English==
-===Phrase===
+===Etymology===
+Although {{term|skunk}} might refer to the aroma of alcohol etc, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom.
-'''[[drunk]] [[as]] [[a]] [[skunk]]'''
+===Adjective===
-# {{simile}} highly [[inebriated]].
+{{infl|en|phrase|head=[[drunk]] [[as]] [[a]] [[skunk]]}}
+# {{idiom}} Highly [[inebriated]].
+====Usage notes====
+* This term follows the pattern of omitting the first "as" in full form "as drunk as a skunk".
+====Synonyms====
+* [[drunk as a lord]]
+====Translations====
+{{trans-see|[[drunk#Adjective|drunk]]}}