pink spiders

see pink spiders

To hallucinate or see things incorrectly due to acute alcohol intoxication or withdrawal. My dad said that he saw pink spiders for a while after he gave up drinking. You're going to start seeing pink spiders if you don't stop drinking so much.
See also: pink, see, spider
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pink spiders

verb
See pink elephants
See also: pink, spider
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • see pink spiders
  • seeing pink spiders
  • seeing snakes
  • see snakes
  • seeing pink elephants
  • see pink elephants
  • pink elephants
  • goggle
  • beer goggles
  • gargler
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