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.

falling down drunk

see under drunk as a lord.

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

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Jostled and caressed by men and women either merely merry, drunk, or falling-down drunk, fleering, sneering masks thrust into his face, bewildered by the noise and laughter and stench, he was glad to be pushed stumbling between two dark houses out of the crush and din and the glare and smoke of the torches.

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He was a pipe-smoker who enjoyed getting his generals and associates falling-down drunk on vodka while he quietly nursed one or two glasses of wine, so he could observe what they would say or do when intellectually defenseless.

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The line between me being stone-cold sober and falling-down drunk is similar to the setting on my shower between freezing cold and scalding hot ( I've not managed to find either of them yet.

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The message that you can get falling-down drunk, injure yourself, forget who you are and still have a place to crash out for the night complete with professional medical care is surely more of an invitation to excessive drinking rather than a deterrent.

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I try to stay in control though, I never mix my drinks because I don't want to be photographed coming out of a club falling-down drunk.

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For instance, the martini scene changes almost nightly," he says, referring to a hilarious scene in which the actor is literally falling-down drunk.