drunk as Chloe
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Meaning · English
Very drunk.
Register: colloquial
Examples
Drunk as Chloe; she must have been an uproarious lass.
Quoted attestation: 1823, Drink, entry in Jon Badcock, Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, or Bon-Ton, page 71,
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “drunk as Chloe” mean?
Very drunk.
Is “drunk as Chloe” formal or informal?
drunk as Chloe is generally colloquial.