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Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
drunk as a skunk
Today it means: Highly inebriated. Full definition →
Today it means: Highly inebriated. Full definition →
Although skunk might refer to the aroma of some alcoholic beverage, the rhyme seems to have motivated this idiom.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.