full as a goog
English
Etymology
See Australian slang goog (“egg”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
full as a goog (not comparable)
- (Australia, simile, colloquial) Having eaten too much.
- 1998, Bryce Courtenay, Jessica, unnumbered page:
- ‘I′m full as a goog, Mr Goldberg. Couldn′t manage another crumb.’
- (Australia, colloquial, by extension) Very drunk.
- 1974, Brian James., The Advancement of Spencer Button, page 95:
- “Well, old Foll was in that bar, as full as a goog.” Mr Jennings leered with the delight that seeing old Foll full as a goog had brought him.
Synonyms
Translations
having eaten too much
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