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three sheets to the wind in British English informal intoxicated; drunk See full dictionary entry for windExamples of 'three sheets to the wind' in a sentencethree sheets to the wind They examined the 'nautical performance' of 21 sea captains before and after they were three sheets to the wind, using a simulator ship.Cinderella is delicate but defiant in her servitude, her father well-meaning but weak and often three sheets to the wind.All seems fine and dandy as the two share their most intimate secrets, usually while being three sheets to the wind.He can imagine them wondering 'if the man we are paying to moderate this event is three sheets to the wind'.Or three sheets to the wind.The band's energy is infectious and the audience ends up dancing on stage, three sheets to the wind after bucketloads of frozen daiquiris.The language of drinking is suffused with sailing terms: even landlubbers get 'three sheets to the wind' when 'the sun is over the yardarm'. |