drunk as a lord

adjective

Completely drunk.

Similar
drunk as a cuntdrunk as a fiddlerdrunk as a fiddler's bitchdrunk as a piperdrunk as a skunkdrunk as a sowdrunk as a wheelbarrowdrunk as an owl
Opposite
sober as a judge
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Meanings

adjective
  1. simileCompletely drunk.

    "How he managed to light it, God knows, for he was as drunk as a lord.

    2006, Edward Marston, The Princess of Denmark: An Elizabethan Theater Mystery Featuring Nicholas Bracewell, St. Martin's Minotaur, →ISBN, page 17
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    He gave her a good hidin' an' went to th' Blue Lion an' got as drunk as a lord.

    1909, Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

    "Good many of them drunk as lords," said DuBois of the established merriment of the guests.

    1997, Max Crawford, Lords of the Plain : A Novel, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 183

    Then vodka was brought out; the hero of the day would get drunk as a lord and always walked all over the prison, reeling and staggering, trying to show to everyone that he was drunk, that he was “jolly” and so deserving of general respect. Everywhere among the Russian people a certain sympathy is felt for a drunken man; in prison he was positively treated with respect.

    2004, Fyofor Dostoyevsky, The House of the Dead

    Synonyms: drunk as a cunt, drunk as a fiddler, drunk as a fiddler's bitch, drunk as a piper, drunk as a skunk, drunk as a sow, drunk as a wheelbarrow, drunk as an owl

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCompletely drunk.

Similar
drunk as a cuntdrunk as a fiddlerdrunk as a fiddler's bitchdrunk as a piperdrunk as a skunkdrunk as a sowdrunk as a wheelbarrowdrunk as an owldrunk as Chloedrunk as David's sowfull as a googpissed as a fartpissed as a newttight as a tick
Opposite
sober as a judge
Also see
drunk as a boiled owldrunk as a cuntdrunk as a fiddlerdrunk as a fiddler's bitchdrunk as an owldrunk as a piperdrunk as a skunkdrunk as a sowdrunk as a wheelbarrowdrunk as chloedrunk as david's sow

Translations

Danish fuld som en allike
  • fuld som en allikecompletely drunk
Estonian maani täis
  • maani täiscompletely drunk
Finnish umpikännissä, kännissä kuin käki
  • umpikännissäcompletely drunk
  • kännissä kuin käkicompletely drunk
Latvian pilns kā mārks
  • pilns kā mārkscompletely drunk
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Chicago

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