feel no pain

Idioms  

1. 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]

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Example Sentences

So when O'Connor broke through in 1987 with Mandinka, there's a reason, 36 years later, the lyric that's still roared the loudest is: "I don't know no shame, I feel no pain."

From BBC • Jul. 28, 2023

I don’t mean to be arguing that music is too pure a joy to be quantified, when it hits you, you feel no pain, blah blah.

From Slate • Dec. 3, 2020

“I am 100 percent ready for this weekend. I almost feel no pain anymore,” Goffin said during Thursday’s draw.

From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2017

Tara called a place called Camp Twin Lakes in Winder, Ga., four hours from Patterson, and asked about holding a weekend retreat there for kids who feel no pain.

From New York Times • Nov. 15, 2012

My head swims, but I feel no pain.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz