1. Home
2. Idioms
3. higher than a kite

higher than a kite

---

---

higher than a kite

1. Very intoxicated by alcohol or (especially) drugs. I tried tutoring him in math, but he was always higher than a kite when I came by.

2. Elated; euphorically happy. I was higher than a kite when I found out I got into my first choice school.

See also: higher, kite