drunk as a skunk
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Although skunk might refer to the aroma of alcohol etc, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom.
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]
Translations [edit]
drunk — see drunk
