doped to the gills

doped to the gills

Thoroughly intoxicated by drugs, especially those prescribed by a doctor, to the point of incoherence or senselessness. I was doped to the gills for about two weeks after my surgery. I'm off the painkillers now, but I still feel pretty out of it.
See also: dope, gill
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • dope
  • gill
  • be doped to the gills
  • loaded to the barrel
  • skagged out
  • monolithic
  • sloshed to the ears
  • sloshed
  • be sloshed to the gills
  • to the gills
References in periodicals archive
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ON A RECENT AFTERNOON in one of San Francisco's hilliest neighborhoods, I experienced what it must be like to be a world-class cyclist doped to the gills on high-oxygen blood and testosterone.
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