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high as a kite

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*high as a kite and *high as the sky 
1. Lit. very high. (*Also: as ~.) The tree grew as high as a kite. Our pet bird got outside and flew up high as the sky.
2. Fig. drunk or drugged. (*Also: as ~.) Bill drank beer until he got as high as a kite. The thieves were high as the sky on drugs.
See also: high, kite


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But the loquacious half of the duo, Jason Mewes (Smith himself plays Bob), was high as a kite -- or jonesing to be -- during most of those productions.
On Christmas eve it will be quite a sight, to see old Saint Nick flying high as a kite.
Mustafa swears that when actors from the show were flown in and taken to the White House to launch a British version of Nancy Reagan's ``Just Say No'' campaign, they were all high as a kite.
 
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