Meaning

1 senses

  1. (colloquial)Highly inebriated.

Examples

13 sentences

  1. Tom is drunk as a skunk.

    ruТом в стельку пьян. — marafon

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  2. Tom was drunk as a skunk.

    ruТом был пьян как свинья. — marafon

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  3. Tom was as drunk as a skunk.

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  4. Tom was as drunk as a skunk the last time I saw him.

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  5. The last time I saw Tom he was as drunk as a skunk.

    ruКогда я последний раз видела Тома, он был пьян вдрыбаган. — shanghainese

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Translations

4 languages

Origin

Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to hav

Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom.

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Synonyms

10 synonyms
drunk as a fiddlerdrunk as a lorddrunk as a piperdrunk as a sowdrunk as a wheelbarrowdrunk as an owldrunk as Chloedrunk as David's sowfull as a googtight as a tick

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
drumstickdrunkB1drunkendrunkenness

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