two sheets to the wind
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two sheets to the wind — ► two (or three) sheets to the wind informal drunk. Main Entry: ↑sheet … English terms dictionary
two sheets to the wind — two (or three) sheets to the wind informal drunk … Useful english dictionary
two sheets to the wind — Go to three sheets in the wind … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
two (or three) sheets to the wind — informal drunk. → sheet … English new terms dictionary
three sheets in the wind — or[three sheets to the wind] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Unsteady from too much liquor; drunk. * /The sailor came down the street, three sheets in the wind./ … Dictionary of American idioms
three sheets in the wind — or[three sheets to the wind] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Unsteady from too much liquor; drunk. * /The sailor came down the street, three sheets in the wind./ … Dictionary of American idioms
three sheets in the wind — AND three sheets (to the wind); 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… … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
three sheets to the wind — ► two (or three) sheets to the wind informal drunk. Main Entry: ↑sheet … English terms dictionary
Both sheets in the wind — Sheet Sheet, n. [OE. shete, schete, AS. sc[=e]te, sc[=y]te, fr. sce[ a]t a projecting corner, a fold in a garment (akin to D. schoot sheet, bosom, lap, G. schoss bosom, lap, flap of a coat, Icel. skaut, Goth. skauts the hem of a garment);… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
A sheet in the wind — Sheet Sheet, n. [OE. shete, schete, AS. sc[=e]te, sc[=y]te, fr. sce[ a]t a projecting corner, a fold in a garment (akin to D. schoot sheet, bosom, lap, G. schoss bosom, lap, flap of a coat, Icel. skaut, Goth. skauts the hem of a garment);… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
(a) sheet in the wind — mildly drunk A sheet is a rope tying a sail to a spar, not the sail itself as landlubbers sometimes assume. If one or more breaks loose, the vessel is in some disarray: A thought tipsy a sheet in the wind. (A. Trollope, 1885) A… … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
