Meaning of four sheets to the wind | Babel Free

Definitions

Extremely drunk.

idiomatic, not-comparable

Examples

“1975 Tom Waits, "Spare Parts 1 (A Nocturnal Emission)," Nighthawks at the Diner, Asylum Records You see, it's a well known fact, you know / I'm four sheets to the wind, I'm glad you're gone”

“After a couple of hours many people were four sheets to the wind, having had a few too many drinks.”

“He would flee the apartment when the baby fussed and cried, only to return much later four sheets to the wind.”

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