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feel no pain

euphemism To be or feel drunk. Jonathan took me on a tour of the local pubs, and pretty soon I was feeling no pain.

feeling no pain

numbed by alcohol and feeling nothing; intoxicated. She fell off the wagon and is feeling no pain. He drank the whole thing, and he's feeling no pain.

feel no pain

Be intoxicated, as in After six beers he was feeling no pain. This expression alludes to being oblivious to pain because of the consumption of a large amount of liquor. [Slang; mid-1900s]

feel no pain

be insensible from drinking alcohol. informal

feeling no pain

1. mod. numbed by alcohol and feeling nothing; alcohol intoxicated. He drank the whole thing, and he’s feeling no pain.

2. mod. feeling nothing; dead. Your aunt is feeling no pain now. She slipped away before dawn.

See also: feeling, no, pain

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However, these cells' membranes also contain sodium channels that aren't affected by the mutation, so the team isn't sure why the affected individuals feel no pain.

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If neonates feel pain by 20 weeks, it certainly hurts the case of abortion advocates who claim unborn babies in utero up to 29 weeks feel no pain.

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Return to running only after you feel no pain during runs.

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There have been classic reports of severely wounded soldiers who feel no pain and refuse morphine.

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Both direct suggestion -- (you'll feel no pain") and indirect suggestion ("you will be surprised to find you feel perfectly comfortable") are used.

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