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falling-down drunk

Severely intoxicated from alcohol, to the point of being unable to stand upright. On his 21st birthday, Jeff's friends took him to every bar in town until he was falling-down drunk.
See also: drunk
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falling down drunk

see under drunk as a lord.
See also: down, drunk, fall
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

falling-down drunk

1. mod. alcohol intoxicated; very drunk. Poor Fred is falling-down drunk and has no way to get home.
2. n. a drunken person who falls down. One more falling-down drunk in this neighborhood will not be anything new.
See also: drunk
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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