see pink elephants
see pink elephants
To hallucinate or see things incorrectly due to acute alcohol intoxication or withdrawal. The phrase became especially popularized by the 1941 Disney animated film Dumbo, in which the title character accidentally becomes drunk and sees a parade of pink elephant hallucinations. My dad said that he saw pink elephants for a while after he gave up drinking. When I started seeing pink elephants, I knew I had to stop drinking so much.
See also: elephant, pink, see
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
seeing pink elephants
and seeing pink spiders; Seeing snakesintoxicated; recovering from a drinking bout; having the delirium tremens. When I got to the point of seeing pink elephants, I knew that something had to be done. The old one who's shaking—he's probably seeing snakes.
See also: elephant, pink, seeing
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
see pink ˈelephants
(informal) see things that are not really there, because you are drunkSee also: elephant, pink, see
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
seeing pink elephants
and seeing pink spiders and seeing snakes tv. alcohol intoxicated; recovering from a drinking bout; having the delirium tremens. When I got to the point of seeing pink elephants, I knew that something had to be done. He’s screaming something about seeing pink spiders, and he wants a drink.
See also: elephant, pink, seeing
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- seeing pink elephants
- see snakes
- seeing snakes
- seeing pink spiders
- pink spiders
- see pink spiders
- not so much
- beer goggles
- goggle
- gone with the wind