2006-11-04 17:55:52 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
From http://www.bartleby.com/59/4/threesheetst.html :
To be “three sheets to the wind” is to be drunk. The sheet is the line that controls the sails on a ship. If the line is not secured, the sail flops in the wind, and the ship loses headway and control. If all three sails are loose, the ship is out of control.
2006-11-04 17:59:57 · answer #1 · answered by Judy 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Three sheets to the wind is a reference to being under the influence of alcohol.
In the late 1700's and early 1800's when a man was abusive after drinking, his wife would wave three white sheets from her windows. This would let people know her husband had gotten drunk and that, being an abusive man, she was in trouble and needed rescuing.
Someone earlier said that the sheet is a saling line. Which I have never heard. I have heard it this way. But the sheet being flayed about makes sense as well.
2006-11-08 15:34:03 · answer #2 · answered by mikeae 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answer > Long gone. You never said "three sheets to the wind" What's every body's problem, they can't read?
2006-11-05 03:43:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three sheets to the wind....means you are drunk. I am not sure why that is what it means, but that is what I have always know it to mean.
2006-11-05 02:01:11 · answer #4 · answered by Stephanie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Three sheets to the wind
You are intoxicated with alcohol
2006-11-05 02:03:38 · answer #5 · answered by freemansfox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋