Idiom idiom
higher than a kite
Meaning
Very much under the influence of drugs.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He acted strange, as if he were higher than a kite.”
“The party guests were clearly higher than a kite, so we decided to leave early.”
“The witness appeared entirely detached from reality, behaving as though he were higher than a kite during the entire interrogation.”
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Last updated August 10, 2026