newt
noun /njuːt/
/nuːt/
Idioms - a small animal with short legs, a long tail and cold blood, that lives both in water and on land (= is an amphibian)
蝾螈（水陆两栖） 词源late Middle English: from an ewt (ewt from Old English efeta, of unknown origin), interpreted (by wrong division) as a newt.
Idioms
(as) pissed as a newt
- (British English, taboo, slang) very drunk
烂醉如泥