†drunk as a (drowned) mouse: very drunk (obsolete). †like a drowned mouse: soaking wet; in a miserable plight (obsolete).

thoroughly inebriated.

(as) —— as the devil: extremely or excessively ——.

(see sense 3c).

so drunk as to be drowsy, listless, or lethargic; (more generally) extremely or excessively drunk.

Chiefly colloquial. Of a person. Very intoxicated by drink or (later) drugs. Also: in a state of faint or swoon, unconscious. Also with in, on. Cf…

spec. Very intoxicated by drink or (later) drugs. Also with in, on.

reeling drunk: so drunk as to be reeling or staggering; very drunk. Also figurative. Cf. reeling ripe, adj.

Of persons: Sodden, soaked, or steeped in liquor. Obsolete.

Soaked in liquor.

Short for blind-drunk at sense 15.

In various similative expressions intended to suggest extreme drunkenness; often with playful suggestion of sense A. 1. Chiefly Australian and New Ze…

drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord: extremely drunk; intoxicated.

as full (or tight) as a tick: full to repletion, esp. with alcoholic drink.

slang. Very drunk. Obsolete.

a nice (also pretty) kettle of fish (colloquial): an awkward state of things, a ‘muddle’. to be (also feel) like a fish out of water: to be or feel…

In various phrases or proverbial uses. In comparative phrases, esp. as drunk as David's sowor as a sow (cf. quots.).

as drunk as a piper: very drunk.

General, as blind-born, blind-drunk (Sc. blin'-fou), so intoxicated as to see no better than a blind man, blind-eyed, blind-hearted, blind-weary.

extremely drunk; cf. fou, adj.

Very drunk; intoxicated.

colloquial. whole-seas over: completely drunk. Also in shortened form whole-seas. Now rare.

three sheets in the wind: very drunk.

In phrases with loon's (see quots.). Also frequently as crazy as a loon (in reference to its actions in escaping from danger and its wild cry)…

(a) coated, varnished, or fastened with shellac; (b) U.S. slang, intoxicated, ‘plastered’.

Intoxicated. slang. Also as drunk as a boiled owl.

As an intensifier: ‘offensively’, in stinking drunk, stinking rich (somewhat derogatory); also absol. and const. with, having too much (money…

extremely or incapably drunk; inebriated.

colloquial (originally and chiefly Scottish). steaming with drink: extremely or incapably drunk; inebriated.

Irish English. Extremely drunk, esp. too drunk to stand. Cf. legless, adj. 3.

slang (now chiefly British). Extremely drunk; (sometimes) spec. too drunk to stand upright. Cf. sense B., footless, adj. 3.

slang. Very drunk. Chiefly in predicative use.

Originally U.S. legless drunk: = sense A. 3.

In predicative use. Intoxicated; blind drunk. Also as quasi-adverb, stinko drunk, (jocular) stinko paralytico.

Chiefly Australian. In similative and comparative phrases. drunk as a pissant: extremely drunk. game as a pissant: very brave or courageous.

Extremely drunk. Also with up.

Very drunk; intoxicated. Chiefly in predicative use. Cf. langered, adj.

slang. Drunk, extremely intoxicated (see also quot. 1952). Frequently const. on. Chiefly predicative, esp. in to get stoned. Cf. stone, n. 18b…

Intoxicated, drunk; under the influence of drugs; ‘stoned’. slang (originally U.S.).

Intoxicated with alcohol or drugs; spec. extremely drunk.

U.S. slang. out of (also off) one's bird: out of one's mind; unable to think or act rationally or sensibly; crazy, insane. Also: (so as to be)…

slang (originally U.S.). In predicative use: intoxicated; drunk, esp. incapably drunk. Frequently in to get trashed.

Extremely intoxicated with drugs or (esp.) alcohol; = shit-faced, adj. 2.

slang. With out.

colloquial (originally and chiefly Scottish). Extremely or incapably drunk; inebriated.

Very drunk; intoxicated. Chiefly in predicative use, often in to get langered. Cf. earlier langers, adj.

slang (originally U.S.). Intoxicated with alcohol or drugs; extremely drunk or high. Cf. obliterated, adj. 2.

U.S. slang. Extremely drunk; high on drugs. Cf. annihilated, adj. 2.

Intoxicated with alcohol or drugs; extremely drunk.

Intoxicated, drunk. Chiefly in predicative use. Cf. munted, adj. 2.