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Pissed as a Newt

When someone’s had one too many Guinness
Oh that Ethan, he is pissed as a newt

As pissed as a newt 

In Nelson's time Royal Navy junior ensign's were known as "newts." Being so young it didn't take much rum to become inebriated. Hence the expression "pissed as a newt."
Celebrating too quickly, he became as pissed as a newt.
Pissed= Inebriated
Newt= small semi-amphibian member of the salamander group.

As pissed as a newt 

Too drunk to walk straight. Reference to the natural wobbling gait of a newt.

See also newted, pissed and As nissed as a pewt
As pissed as a newt by ud40 March 11, 2005