drunk as an owl vs owly-eyed

drunk as an owl

adj
  • Thoroughly drunk. 

owly-eyed

adj
  • Extremely drunk. 

  • Seeing better in darkness than light; day-blind or photosensitive. 

  • Wide-eyed, naturally or from an expression of fear, shock, surprise, or excitement. 

How often have the words drunk as an owl and owly-eyed occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )