drunk as a skunk
Completely three sheets
Drunk as a skunk means extremely intoxicated.
The rhyme gives this phrase its staying power—skunks have no particular association with alcohol.
Like similar expressions (blind drunk, three sheets to the wind), it emphasizes thorough drunkenness rather than mild tipsiness: He came home drunk as a skunk at 3 a.m.
- hammeredSeverely intoxicated or pounded
- plasteredExtremely intoxicated
- stinkoIntoxicated, informally
- sloshedVery intoxicated
- wastedUsed without good result
buzzed · legless · rat-arsed · inebriated · paralytic · three sheets to the wind · blotto · staggering · pie-eyed · besotted · pickled · soused · three-sheets · pissed as a newt · feeling no pain · stumble · hangover · morning after
- Drinking Slangwasted, hammered, plastered, smashed, tanked
- drunk slangwasted, hammered, smashed, plastered, trashed
- Animal Idiomsblind as a bat, brave as a lion, busy bee, copycat, dark horse
drunk as a skunksober as a judge
Completely free from intoxication
teetotal · on the wagon · dry · abstinent · clean
drunk as a skunkclearheaded
Mentally focused and rational
sharp as a tack · lucid · alert · compos mentis · of sound mind
drunk as a skunksober as a judge
Completely free from intoxication
cool as a cucumber · sharp as a tack · steady as a rock · composed · dignified