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a heavy booze

Czech translation: hodně se ožral / strašně se ožral

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English term or phrase:a heavy booze
Czech translation:hodně se ožral / strašně se ožral
Entered by: Jerzy CertTrans

03:08 Dec 10, 2019
English to Czech translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / Slang
English term or phrase: a heavy booze
A poem about a drug user. Words and phrases written in italics can be found in THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG and other dictionaries.
The whole poem can be read and heard on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L48gKvx77I&t=5s

He usually was high on drugs
Sometimes he had a heavy booze
After all he was an acid head
To be honest he had fuck-all to lose
Jerzy CertTrans
United States
Local time: 06:45
hodně se ožral / strašně se ožral
Explanation:
"had a heavy booze" = "hodně se ožral" nebo "strašně se ožral"
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Jiri Lonsky
Czech Republic
Local time: 13:45
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Summary of answers provided
4hodně se ožral / strašně se ožral
Jiri Lonsky
4ztřískal se
Klára Ježková
4Někdy chlastem až oněměl
Štěpán Hládek


  

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hodně se ožral / strašně se ožral


Explanation:
"had a heavy booze" = "hodně se ožral" nebo "strašně se ožral"

Jiri Lonsky
Czech Republic
Local time: 13:45
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ztřískal se


Explanation:
The wealth of Czech synonyms for having a heavy booze is almost endless - many of them can be found in the link below.


    https://ledwon.blog.idnes.cz/blog.aspx?c=493489
Klára Ježková
Czech Republic
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of: Native in CzechCzech
PRO pts in category: 4
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Někdy chlastem až oněměl


Explanation:
There is an idiom of "to booze oneself mute" in Czech, so "Sometimes he boozed himself mute" would work nicely, especially in the following context:

Na drogách skoro pořád byl
Někdy chlastem až oněměl
Koneckonců jak smažka žil
Upřímně hovno co ztratit měl

Example sentence(s):
  • "Ožrali jsme se do němoty"

    https://ego.ihned.cz/c1-59814390-den-kdy-je-oficialne-dovoleno-opit-se-do-nemoty-vyvadet-hlouposti-a-zpusobovat-skody
Štěpán Hládek
Czech Republic
Local time: 13:45
Native speaker of: Czech
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