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(as) pissed as a newt

slang Very drunk. Primarily heard in UK. When I got to the pub, you were as pissed as a newt. Do you remember anything that happened last night?

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newt

Someone who is stupid or dumb. What are you, a newt? How did you get that easy question wrong?

pissed as a newt

BRITISH, INFORMAL, VERY RUDE

If someone is as pissed as a newt, they are very drunk. She swore never to drink again. Hah! Pissed as a newt the first night she came back. Note: Other nouns such as fart or parrot are sometimes used instead of newt. The last time I saw him, in Glasgow, he was as pissed as a parrot.

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vulgar slang

pissed as a newt (or fart)

very drunk.

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(as) pissed as a ˈnewt

(British English, taboo, slang) very drunk OPPOSITE: (as) sober as a judge

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newt

n. a stupid person; a dull and uninteresting person. Don’t act like such a newt.

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In a performance that would put to shame the most skilled contortionist, the Republicans in charge of the ethics circus succeeded in minimizing Newt's public moment of truth.

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" (Bored readers can entertain themselves by wondering how Newt Gingrich must react to the passages about his half-sister's clitoris.) Other pages, laden with pop music and movie references, offer aphorisms such as, "Hard work and aggressiveness can overcome perceived weaknesses and even the most daunting of odds."

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Like the bottomless trunk totted by "magizoolologist" Newt Scamander, "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" is a mixed bag of wonders.

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The film, starring Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, will pick up where it left off in the first film, which introduced the audience to one of Hogwarts' best students - and the writer of Harry Potter's textbook Fantastic Beasts: And Where to Find Them.

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald trailer drops at Comic Con - and it looks EPIC; The epic second instalment to J K Rowling's new wizarding franchise looks incredible - if the trailer is anything to go by

But the charity has not seen the likes of Frog, a tabby, and Newt, black and white - thought be around 10 weeks old - before.

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"Their [Banks Group] current activity on site is in close proximity to where the great crested newt was seen and therefore Banks are putting the population at risk.