estar como una cuba
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USAGE NOTE
This idiom may be literally translated as "to be like a barrel."
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)An intransitive verb phrase is a phrase that combines a verb with a preposition or other particle and does not require a direct object (e.g., Everybody please stand up.).
1. (idiom) (to be very drunk)
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
a. to be plastered (colloquial)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
Dice que no ha bebido nada, pero está como una cuba.He says he hasn't had anything to drink, but he's plastered.
b. to be blind drunk (colloquial) (idiom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Había muchísimo alcohol y, cuando acabó la fiesta, los invitados estaban como una cuba.There was a lot of alcohol, and when the party finished, the guests were blind drunk.
c. to be legless (colloquial) (idiom) (United Kingdom)
A word or phrase that is commonly used in conversational speech (e.g., skinny, grandma).
An idiom is a phrase with a meaning different from the literal meaning of the separate words that make it up (e.g., break a leg).
Regionalism used in the United Kingdom
¿Viste cómo se tambaleaba al andar? Estaba como una cuba.Did you see the way she was staggering? She was legless.
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