If you are as Drunk As A Lord you’re in an advanced state of intoxication. During the 1700s and 1800s, heavy drinking was popular among the aristocracy and men would often pride themselves on their talent to consume vast amounts of wine. As lords and noblemen didn’t need to work, they could indulge themselves throughout the day and by the time a hunting party retired to nearby hostelries in the evening they would often be rolling drunk. The villagers and farm workers could rarely afford such inebriation and behaviour, but when one of them did others would describe them as “drunk as a lord”.