- high as a kite
- *high as a kite & *high as the sky1. Lit. very high. (*Also: as \high as a kite.) •
The tree grew as high as a kite.
•Our pet bird got outside and flew up high as the sky.
2. Fig. drunk or drugged. (*Also: as \high as a kite.) •Bill drank beer until he got as high as a kite.
•The thieves were high as the sky on drugs.
* * *{adj.} 1. As excited and happy as one can possibly be. * /When Eric won the lottery he was high as a kite./ 2. Intoxicated or under the influence of some drug. * /Jeff has been drinking again and he is high as a kite./ Compare: THREE SHEETS IN/TO THE WIND.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.