full as a goog

adjective

Having eaten too much.

Meanings

adjectivefull as a goog (not comparable)
  1. Australiacolloquialnot comparablesimileHaving eaten too much.

    ‘I′m full as a goog, Mr Goldberg. Couldn′t manage another crumb.’

    1998, Bryce Courtenay, Jessica, unnumbered page
    2 more examples

    After a while I sat back and breathed a heavy sigh. “I am full as a goog!”

    2003, Michael Michalak, A Voice from the Ashes: A Tribute to Elaine, page 74

    ‘Don't worry this one′s as full as a goog. It won′t get far,’ Dig yelled, watching the albatross struggle to keep itself aloft.

    2007, James Woodford, Whitecap, page 39
  2. Australiabroadlycolloquialnot comparableVery drunk.

    “Well, old Foll was in that bar, as full as a goog.” Mr Jennings leered with the delight that seeing old Foll full as a goog had brought him.

    1974, Brian James., The Advancement of Spencer Button, page 95
    2 more examples

    Amos′s grin widened, “You mean the man was drunk?” Mathewson laughed out loud, “He was full as a goog but you said it, laddie, I din′t!”

    2005, Clara M. Miller, The Eye of the Storm, page 147

    Jack′s as full as a goog and near the Town Hall he spews up his lunch. (Of course, neither of them today has any idea that Jack will one day be Premier of New South Wales.)

    2007, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 167

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

See Australian slang goog (“egg”).

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Translations

Italian pieno come un'otre
  • pieno come un'otrehaving eaten too much
Korean 과식한
  • 과식한 (gwasikhan)having eaten too much
Turkish yumurta gibi doldum (veya doydum)
  • yumurta gibi doldum (veya doydum)having eaten too much
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