"pissed as a newt" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-pissed as a newt.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} pissed as a newt (not comparable)
  1. (slang, simile) Drunk to the point of incapacity; inebriated. Tags: not-comparable, slang Categories (topical): Alcoholism, Drinking Synonyms: paralytic, drunk Translations (drunk to the point of incapacity; inebriated): пиян като талпа (pijan kato talpa) (Bulgarian), kännissä kuin käki (Finnish), umpikännissä (Finnish), bourré comme un coing (French), voll wie eine Haubitze (German), zalany w trupa (Polish), zalany w sztok [perfective] (Polish), nawalony jak szpadel (Polish), nawalony jak stodoła (Polish), pijany jak świnia (Polish), nawalony jak Messerschmitt (Polish), bêbado como um gambá (Portuguese), бухо́й в до́ску (buxój v dósku) (Russian), бухо́й в жо́пу (buxój v žópu) [vulgar] (Russian), full som en alika (Swedish), full som en kaja (Swedish)

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      "sense": "drunk to the point of incapacity; inebriated",
      "word": "full som en alika"
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