Drunk as a skunk

v.

Heard in Waterford and Cork

To be so drunk that one flatulates involuntarily, so much so that the vulgar aroma eminatinating from one's posterior resembles that of a skunk.

In use

Yer man is as drunk as a skunk boy... look at de dozey head on'im.

Posh English

Your man is so inebriated that he flatulates involuntarily boy. Look at the slow witted character on him.

Same phrase, other counties