"drunk as a skunk" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-drunk as a skunk.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom. Etymology templates: {{m|en|skunk}} skunk 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), 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": "bourré comme un coing"
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      "word": "pijany jak świnia"
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      "word": "pijany w pień"
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      "word": "nawalony jak stodoła"
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      "word": "nawalony jak autobus"
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      "code": "scn",
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      "word": "mmriacu comu na signa"
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      "word": "como una cuba"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
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      "word": "borracho como una cuba"
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      "word": "full som en alika"
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      "word": "full som en kastrull"
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