four sheets

four sheets

slang Extremely drunk. A shortening of "four sheets to the wind." Most likely derived from nautical terminology, in which a "sheet" is the rope that controls the sails of a tall ship; if several sheets are loose or mishandled, the boat's movement becomes unsteady and difficult to control, like that of a drunk person. On his 21st birthday, Jeff's friends took him to every bar in town until he was four sheets.
See also: four, sheet
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

four sheets

verb
See four sheets in the wind
See also: four, sheet
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • four sheets in the wind
  • four sheets to the wind
  • two sheets to the wind
  • three sheets
  • three sheets in the wind
  • three sheets to the wind
  • both sheets in the wind
  • prostie
  • prosties
  • back water
References in classic literature
She wrote on, filling two, three, four sheets. Suddenly, she raised her head and hid the sheets in her bodice....She seemed to be listening...
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Next came Ray Tomkins with four sheets of stamps from Italy.
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Police then searched the vehicle and recovered P200,660 in cash and four sheets of paper with names of persons and their corresponding signatures.
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Put four sheets of newsprint in a stack, and start rolling from one corner to the opposite diagonal corner.
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Ayu said that she could produce three to four sheets of batik per day with the size of 2 meters in length, depending on the complexity of batik patterns.
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"On March 26, CBSE academic unit received an unaddressed envelope containing four sheets of hand written answer papers of economics paper held on that day.
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We begin with charcoal and four sheets of 18" x 24" newsprint.
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the World Cup Newcastle goalkeeper four sheets, a in positivity hard future England because they space for future Krul.
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Photographs of all the crystals were placed on four sheets (one for each of the paired bottles in each of two conditions), and the photographs on each sheet were arranged according to the order in which they were taken.
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Roll out the spring roll pastry on a clean surface and divide the crab mixture between the four sheets.
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Repeat and finish with four sheets of well-buttered filo.
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