Rat-arsed means extremely drunk — so drunk you can barely stand or think straight. It is British, Irish, and Australian slang, and it is rude. You would not write it in a school essay or say it to a teacher.

Rat-arsed rat-arsed means意思是 extremely drunk極度喝醉 — so drunk喝到 you can barely stand or think straight幾乎站不穩、腦子也轉不動。It它 is是 British, Irish, and Australian slang英國、愛爾蘭和澳洲的俚語, and而且 it它 is粗俗 rude。You你 would not write it不會把它寫 in a school essay在學校作文裡, or or說 say it to a teacher對老師說它。

It grew out of older jokes like pissed as a rat and drunk as a rat: in British slang pissed already means drunk, and the rat is only there to make it stronger, the way drunk as a skunk does. There is no special story about rats drinking.

It它 grew out of是從...長出來的 older jokes更早的一些玩笑話 like pissed as a rat and drunk as a rat像'pissed as a rat'和'drunk as a rat': in British slang在英式俚語裡, pissed pissed already means已經是喝醉的意思 drunk, and而 the rat rat只是用來 is only there to make it stronger加強語氣, the way就像 drunk as a skunk does 'drunk as a skunk'那樣。There is沒有 no special story特別的故事 about rats drinking關於老鼠喝酒的。

Younger British speakers still use it; Americans mostly do not, and they may hear pissed as angry, not drunk. If you need politer English, say very drunk or wasted.

Younger British speakers年輕的英國人 still use it仍然會用它; Americans美國人 mostly do not大多不用, and而且 they他們 may hear可能會把pissed聽成生氣 pissed as angry, not drunk而不是喝醉。If you如果你 need politer English需要比較有禮貌的英文, say就說 very drunk or wasted very drunk或wasted。