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.

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