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Three sheets in the wind
three sheets in the wind
three sheets in the wind and three sheets (to the wind); two sheets to the windInf. intoxicated and unsteady. (Sheets are the ropes used to manage a ship's sails. It is assumed that if these ropes were blowing in the wind, the ship would be out of control.) He had gotten three sheets to the wind and didn't pay attention to my warning. By midnight, he was three sheets.See also: sheet, three, windthree sheets in the wind and three sheets (to the wind) and two sheets to the wind mod. alcohol intoxicated and unsteady. (Sheets are the ropes used to manage a ship’s sails. It is assumed that if these ropes were blowing in the wind, the ship would be unmanageable.) He was three sheets to the wind and didn’t pay attention to my warning. See also: sheet, three, wind |