high as a kite

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high as a kite (not comparable)

1. (simile, colloquial) Very much under the influence of drugs; extremely high.
   • 1983, Gordon Gano, “Blister in the Sun”, in Violent Femmes, performed by Violent Femmes:

     When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff / Yeah, and I'm so strung out / I'm high as a kite, I just might / Stop to check you out

• See Thesaurus:stoned or Thesaurus:drunk

• higher than a kite

• “high as a kite adj.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present