both sheets in the wind

Severely intoxicated from alcohol, to the point of finding control of one's actions or coordination difficult. Taken most likely 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 both sheets in the wind.

both sheets in the wind

intoxicated. (A ship's sheets are the ropes or lines that control the sails. See also three sheets in the wind.) She's both sheets in the wind at the moment. She's not just both sheets in the wind—they're all in the wind.

both sheets in the wind

mod. alcohol intoxicated. (see also three sheets in the wind.) She’s both sheets in the wind at the moment.

词组	both sheets in the wind
释义	both sheets in the wind both sheets in the wind Severely intoxicated from alcohol, to the point of finding control of one's actions or coordination difficult. Taken most likely 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 both sheets in the wind. See also: both, sheet, wind Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. both sheets in the wind intoxicated. (A ship's sheets are the ropes or lines that control the sails. See also three sheets in the wind.) She's both sheets in the wind at the moment. She's not just both sheets in the wind—they're all in the wind. See also: both, sheet, wind McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. both sheets in the wind mod. alcohol intoxicated. (see also three sheets in the wind.) She’s both sheets in the wind at the moment. See also: both, sheet, wind McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: rolling drunk three sheets three sheets in the wind three sheets to the wind be out of (one's) face out of (one's) brain be out of (one's) brain four sheets get stupid out of (one's) skull
随便看	hold to (something) hold true hold up hold up as an example hold up as (something) hold up (one's) end (of the bargain) hold (up) (one's) end of the bargain hold up to hold up to ridicule hold up to scorn hold up to (something) hold water hold water, to hold with hold with (something) hold with the hare and run with the hounds hold you hard hold your hold your breath hold your fire hold your head high hold your head up hold your horses Hold your horses! hold your own