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(as) high as a kite (as) high as a kite1. Literally, very high in terms of height or distance. The balloon flew as high as a kite when the little girl let it go.2. slang Very intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. Do you remember last night at all? You were as high as a kite!3. Very happy. I was as high as a kite when I found out that I'd gotten an A on my hardest exam.See also: high, kite*high as a kite and *high as the sky 1. Lit. very high. (*Also: as ~.) The tree grew as high as a kite. Our pet bird got outside and flew up high as the sky. 2. Fig. drunk or drugged. (*Also: as ~.) Bill drank beer until he got as high as a kite. The thieves were high as the sky on drugs.See also: high, kitehigh as a kiteIntoxicated, as by alcohol, as in After three beers she's high as a kite. The adjective high has been used in the sense of "drunk" since the early 1600s; the addition of kite dates from the early 1900s. The phrase is now used of disorientation due to any drug. See also: high, kitehigh as a kite INFORMALIf someone is as high as a kite, they feel very excited, or they are strongly affected by alcohol or drugs. When I finally finished the course I felt as high as a kite. I felt so strange on the steroid injections. I was as high as a kite some of the time.See also: high, kitehigh as a kite intoxicated with drugs or alcohol. informal This expression is a play on high meaning ‘lofty’ and its informal sense ‘intoxicated’.See also: high, kite(as) high as a ˈkite (informal) in an excited state, especially because of drugs, alcohol, etc: He was as high as a kite when they came to arrest him.See also: high, kite |