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wyrfoa | 20:58 Wed 16th Jul 2003 | Phrases & Sayings
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Where dos the saying three sheets to the wind originate?
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Like a lot of sayings, this one comes from the old sailing ships. If a sail was left unsecured (the 'sheet' is tyhe rope, not the sail itself) then the ship would sail with a list to one side, much like a drunken man trying to walk straight. Leaving 'three sheets to the wind', or unsecured, would leave the sail flapping uselessly, and the ship sailing all over the place.
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