seeing snakes

see snakes

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

seeing snakes

verb
See seeing pink elephants
See also: seeing, snake
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • see snakes
  • pink spiders
  • see pink spiders
  • seeing pink spiders
  • seeing pink elephants
  • see pink elephants
  • goggle
  • beer goggles
  • gargler
  • rolling high
References in periodicals archive
Reports from Pathanamthitta said that several people who came to clean their homes fled after seeing snakes. The Kerala government has announced that adequate anti-venom drugs have been provided at all the affected places.
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We are seeing snakes two and a half metres long, chameleons, all kinds of rodents, mosquitoes and any other insect you can imagine."
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After the flying, seeing snakes and insects will be okay.
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He was transformed for a time into a woman as a result of seeing snakes coupling.
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