three sheets to the wind
Example Sentences
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It told the story of Cassie, a med-school dropout on a mission to attract and ultimately school sexual predators by hanging out at nightclubs pretending to be three sheets to the wind.
From Los Angeles Times
He said they were “three sheets to the wind,” according to one tweet.
From Washington Times
Three Sheets to the Wind, a yacht rock cover band, will perform.
From Washington Post
It’s midday Thursday in Changchun, the Detroit of China, and auto factory retiree Zhang Jinchuan is nearly three sheets to the wind.
From Los Angeles Times
So, if you’re seven sheets to the wind, you’re more inebriated than someone who is three sheets to the wind, and you should probably call in sick immediately.
From Forbes
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