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Article #2750Re: Euphemisms
From: Steve Crook
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 00:00
Date: Tue, 04 Nov 1997 00:00
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Jeff Hammel & K. Buckley-Hammel wrote:
>
> Jess wrote:
> >
> > In article <3456A072.3DAE73AA@indiana.edu>, Jason Carlson
> > <jmcarlso@indiana.edu> writes
> > >I have also heard one that I always thought was strange:
> > >
> > > To have three sheets to the wind.
> > I think it's a sailing reference (a sheet is a rope, so if it's flapping
> > in the wind you're out of control)
>
> Doesn't it also mean that when a person is 3 sheets to the wind they are
> really really drunk? I remember hear that expression when I was a kid
> and the person was usually no walking a straight line.
>
> K. Buckley-Hammel
Exactly, when you're drunk you've about as much control as a
yacht with 3 sheets to the wind :)
Steve
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