drunk as a lord
Completely drunkCompletely drunk.
Meaning
1 sensesCompletely drunk.
Examples
4 sentencesHe was drunk as a lord.
ruОн был пьян как сапожник. — marafon
He was as drunk as a lord.
ruОн был пьян в стельку. — marafon
deEr war voll wie eine Strandhaubitze. — Vortarulo
The newly promoted junior manager, drunk with power, lorded it over his former co-workers.
In England, they say "as drunk as a lord," in Russia by contrast, "as drunk as a shoemaker."
deIn England sagt man „betrunken wie ein Lord“, in Russland dagegen „betrunken wie ein Schuhmacher“. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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