three sheets in the wind

and three sheets (to the wind); two sheets to the wind

Inf. intoxicated and unsteady. (Sheets are the ropes used to manage a ship's sails. It is assumed that if these ropes were blowing in the wind, the ship would be out of control.) He had gotten three sheets to the wind and didn't pay attention to my warning. By midnight, he was three sheets.

three sheets in the wind

and three sheets (to the wind) and two sheets to the wind

mod. alcohol intoxicated and unsteady. (Sheets are the ropes used to manage a ship’s sails. It is assumed that if these ropes were blowing in the wind, the ship would be unmanageable.) He was three sheets to the wind and didn’t pay attention to my warning.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Krastio	-	Bulgarian
Ibragim	-	Chechen, Ossetian
Aarthi	-	Tamil
Angelina	ahn-je-LEE-nah (Italian), an-jə-LEEN-ə (English), ahn-GYE-lee-nah (Russian), ahn-gye-LEE-nah (Russian), ahn-gee-LEE-nah (Russian), ahn-ge-LEE-nah (Polish)	Italian, English, Russian, German, Dutch, Polish, Spanish, Macedonian
Arsenio	ahr-SE-nyo (Spanish, Italian)	Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
Penny	PEN-ee	English