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Phrs. Drunk, very intoxicated. E.g."She was three sheets to the wind and still downing gin and tonics quicker than they could pour them."
I'll be there is London Cockney rhyming slang for chair.
Between the sheets is British slang for in bed.
Three sheets to the wind is British slang for very drunk, intoxicated.
Sheets is slang for phencyclidine.
Throwing all three darts in the same number
To take refuge in a tree, usually said of a wild animal. To tree oneself, is to conceal oneself behind a tree.
Having sex. This term was made famous by the 1985 video "Dancing in the Sheets" which starred Mick Jagger and David Bowie [definition correction] {The phrase is incorrectly stated as a David Bowie/Mick Jagger song. They song they sang was "Dancing in the STREETS" which was a remake of the 1960's song by Martha Reeves and the Vandelles. The group that sang. "Dancing in the SHEETS" was the group Shalamar around 1985-86. Subbmitted by Stephanie Bizzle 02-05-2002 Indianapolis, IN USA.
to be commited to doing something
to be in style, stylish, or cool (usually used when talking about fashion)
A sailor who has drunk strong spirits beyond his capacity. Derived from the term used for the situation on a three-masted ship when the sheets fly loosely, and cause the ship to meander aimlessly downwind.
"To Be Three Sheets in the Wind"
Casting out all three sails, causing the ship to shudder and stagger like a drunken sailor.
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v. t.
To furnish with a sheet or sheets; to wrap in, or cover with, a sheet, or as with a sheet.
v. t.
The space in the forward or the after part of a boat where there are no rowers; as, fore sheets; stern sheets.
v. t.
To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree; as, to tree a boot. See Tree, n., 3.
v. i.
To struggle in extreme pain; to be in agony; to agonize.
n.
Anything in the form of shears.
n.
The number greater by a unit than two; three units or objects.
prep.
Comparison; as, three is to nine as nine is to twenty-seven; it is ten to one that you will offend him.
imp. & p. p.
of Sheet
pron.
Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.
a.
Consisting of three distinct leaflets; having the leaflets arranged in threes.
pron.
The objective case of thou. See Thou.
a.
Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.
v. i.
To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man.
a.
Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.
prep.
Extent; limit; degree of comprehension; inclusion as far as; as, they met us to the number of three hundred.
a.
To thrive; to prosper.
n.
A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.
v. t.
To expand, as a sheet.
v. i.
See Thee.
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