drunk as a skunk

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

drunk as a skunk

1. (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 lord

Translations

Translations

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