Phrases & SayingsEveryday life
as blind as a welder's dog
Very drunk or intoxicated.
In a sentence
After the races he was as blind as a welder's dog.
Where it came from
Australian family-speech evidence records the simile, and independent Australian uses show that ‘blind’ here refers to being very drunk. No exclusive Australian coinage is claimed.
- First recorded
- 2006
- Initial era
- 2000–today
- Where used
- Australia; regional or family use