elephants

slang Drunk. The term comes from rhyming slang, in which "elephants" is short for "elephant's trunk," which rhymes with "drunk." Primarily heard in UK. Do you remember last night at the pub at all, or were you totally elephants? Well, I must have been elephants if I got up and did karaoke at the bar! Help him get home, will ya? He started drinking whiskey, and now he's elephants.