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three sheets in the wind
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three sheets in the wind and three sheets (to the wind); two sheets to the wind
Inf. 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, wind


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One race earlier and Two sheets to the wind will appreciate the stiffer test having got done for toe at a crucial stage on her handicap debut last month.
They are normally two sheets to the wind and are terrified at being caught - like naughty schoolchildren.
If the ratings are the network's spreadsheets, than NBC is lying two sheets to the wind.
 
 
 
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