dead drunk

Idioms  

1. Completely intoxicated, as in I can't remember a thing about last night; I was dead drunk. This phrase, first recorded in 1599, alludes to the immobility and insensibility of actual death.

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Example Sentences

A storm, attempted murders, witches, wizards, invisible spirits, revolutions, characters drinking until they’re dead drunk, an angry monster named Caliban—can you believe it?

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt

The first time Belinda saw his lordship he was dead drunk in the arms of two footmen; his lady, who had just returned from Ranelagh, passed him on the stairs with the utmost contempt.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

"Only dead drunk, I trust?" said the smith; "nay, a candle and a dose of matrimonial advice will bring him to life again."

From The Fair Maid of Perth Or, St. Valentine's Day by Scott, Walter, Sir

Is the fellow to that to be found in literature, ancient or modern, foreign or domestic, living or dead, drunk or sober?

From The 30,000 Dollar Bequest and Other Stories by Twain, Mark

At last I obtained permission to leave the custom-house in my carriage, and I went to the "City of Paris" inn with a customs officer, a real demon and dead drunk into the bargain.

From The Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Vigée-Lebrun, Marie Louise Elisabeth