"drunk as a skunk" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-drunk as a skunk.ogg
Etymology: Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom. Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} drunk as a skunk
  1. (simile, colloquial) Highly inebriated. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Alcoholism Translations (Translations): fuld som en allike (Danish), kännissä kuin käki (Finnish), umpikännissä (Finnish), bourré comme un coing (French), plein comme une huître (French), plein comme un œuf (French), borracho como unha cuba (Galician), pijany jak świnia (Polish), pijany jak bela (Polish), zalany w trupa (Polish), nawalony jak Messerschmitt (Polish), pijany w pień (Polish), pijany jak szewc (Polish), nawalony jak stodoła (Polish), nawalony jak autobus (Polish), bêbado como um gambá (Portuguese), mmriacu comu na signa (Sicilian), como una cuba (Spanish), borracho como una cuba (Spanish), full som en alika (Swedish), full som en kastrull (Swedish)
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          "word": "drunk as a fiddler"
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          "word": "drunk as a fiddler's bitch"
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          "word": "drunk as a lord"
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          "word": "drunk as a piper"
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        {
          "word": "drunk as a sow"
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          "word": "drunk as a wheelbarrow"
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        {
          "word": "drunk as an owl"
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          "word": "drunk as Chloe"
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          "word": "drunk as David's sow"
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        {
          "word": "full as a goog"
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          "word": "pissed as a fart"
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        {
          "word": "pissed as a newt"
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        {
          "word": "tight as a tick"
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          "word": "drunk"
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          "word": "fuld som en allike"
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          "word": "kännissä kuin käki"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "umpikännissä"
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          "word": "bourré comme un coing"
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          "word": "plein comme un œuf"
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          "word": "borracho como unha cuba"
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          "word": "pijany jak świnia"
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          "word": "zalany w trupa"
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          "word": "nawalony jak Messerschmitt"
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          "word": "pijany w pień"
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          "word": "pijany jak szewc"
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          "word": "nawalony jak stodoła"
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          "word": "nawalony jak autobus"
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          "word": "bêbado como um gambá"
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          "word": "mmriacu comu na signa"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
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          "word": "como una cuba"
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          "word": "borracho como una cuba"
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      "word": "drunk as a lord"
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      "word": "drunk as a piper"
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      "word": "drunk as a sow"
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      "word": "pissed as a newt"
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      "word": "tight as a tick"
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      "word": "drunk"
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      "code": "da",
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      "word": "fuld som en allike"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "kännissä kuin käki"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "umpikännissä"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "bourré comme un coing"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "plein comme une huître"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "plein comme un œuf"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "word": "borracho como unha cuba"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "pijany jak świnia"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "pijany jak bela"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "zalany w trupa"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "nawalony jak Messerschmitt"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "word": "pijany w pień"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "word": "pijany jak szewc"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "word": "nawalony jak stodoła"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "word": "nawalony jak autobus"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "word": "bêbado como um gambá"
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
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      "word": "mmriacu comu na signa"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "como una cuba"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "borracho como una cuba"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "word": "full som en alika"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "full som en kastrull"
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  "word": "drunk as a skunk"
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