drunk as a skunk

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drunk as a skunk

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Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom.

adjective

colloquial Highly inebriated.
Similar: drunk as a cunt, drunk as a fiddler, drunk as a fiddler's bitch, drunk as a lord, drunk as a piper, drunk as a sow, drunk as a wheelbarrow, drunk as an owl, drunk as Chloe, drunk as David's sow, full as a goog, pissed as a fart

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Español	como una cuba, borracho como una cuba
Português	bêbado como um gambá
Français	bourré comme un coing, plein comme une huître, plein comme un œuf

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"drunk as a skunk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/drunk%20as%20a%20skunk. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

"drunk as a skunk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/drunk%20as%20a%20skunk.

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@misc{drunk_as_a_skunk_2026,
  title = {drunk as a skunk},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drunk%20as%20a%20skunk},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}