Endangered Phrases : Intriguing Idioms Dangerously Close to Extinction (Paperback)

from ThothJ

"Three sheets to the wind: very drunkDespite what it sounds like to nonsailors, a 'sheet' isn't a sail. It's the rope that secures the sail's edge or corner to the mast or the vessel itself. A sheet that comes loose flaps erratically, much like a drunken sailor weaving his way back to the ship af...

from ThothJ

"Three sheets to the wind: very drunkDespite what it sounds like to nonsailors, a 'sheet' isn't a sail. It's the rope that secures the sail's edge or corner to the mast or the vessel itself. A sheet that comes loose flaps erratically, much like a drunken sailor weaving his way back to the ship af...

from ThothJ

"Three sheets to the wind: very drunkDespite what it sounds like to nonsailors, a 'sheet' isn't a sail. It's the rope that secures the sail's edge or corner to the mast or the vessel itself. A sheet that comes loose flaps erratically, much like a drunken sailor weaving his way back to the ship af...

from ThothJ

"Three sheets to the wind: very drunkDespite what it sounds like to nonsailors, a 'sheet' isn't a sail. It's the rope that secures the sail's edge or corner to the mast or the vessel itself. A sheet that comes loose flaps erratically, much like a drunken sailor weaving his way back to the ship af...

from ThothJ

"Three sheets to the wind: very drunkDespite what it sounds like to nonsailors, a 'sheet' isn't a sail. It's the rope that secures the sail's edge or corner to the mast or the vessel itself. A sheet that comes loose flaps erratically, much like a drunken sailor weaving his way back to the ship af...