Switzerland· hard· informal
prendre une cuite fédérale
“to take a federal cooked-one”
Meaning
To get extremely drunk
Explanation
A Swiss way of saying someone didn't just have a few drinks, they went all in.
Example
Après la fête du club, il a pris une de ces cuites fédérales.
After the club party, he got monumentally drunk.
Origin
Origin uncertain. 'Fédérale' seems to lend an ordinary cuite a mock-official scale, but no dictionary confirms exactly why.