Image available through Creative Commons at Flickr, Photo by author heremiet From the spectacular website of Gary Martin. Meaning: Very drunk. [First] sheets aren’t sails, as landlubbers might expect, but ropes (or occasionally, chains). These are fixed to the lower corners of sails, to hold them in place. If three sheets are loose and blowing . . . → Read More: Nautical Term/Phrase Wednesday: Three Sheets to the Wind