high as a kite

Idioms  

1. Intoxicated, as by alcohol, as in After three beers she's high as a kite. The adjective high has been used in the sense of “drunk” since the early 1600s; the addition of kite dates from the early 1900s. The phrase is now used of disorientation due to any drug.

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Example Sentences

“You make a couple of big plays at the end like I did two years ago, you’re high as a kite, and a minute later, it doesn’t mean anything.”

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2018

I wish I was more stupid because I'm either completely ecstatic and joyous and absolutely high as a kite or I'm a bit morbid.

From The Guardian • Aug. 7, 2010

Fortunately, in the Q.E. 2's resting place 270 miles south-southwest of Bermuda the seas were fairly calm, and passengers' morale was in most cases high as a kite.

From Time Magazine Archive

I have already missed two private lessons and my wife has been blowing me up as high as a kite.

From Three Hats A Farcical Comedy in Three Acts by Shirley, Arthur

He went up as high as a kite, and they held on to the rope below, down which he sent his messages—observations of the Austrians' movements.

From The Nameless Castle by Jókai, Mór

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