Subject | English | Russian |
euph. | be three sheets to the wind | работать с документами (о руководителе высокого ранга Anglophile) |
nautic., jarg. | be three sheets to the wind | подвыпить |
gen. | three sheets to the wind | вдрызг пьяный |
gen. | three sheets to the wind | пьяный в стельку (Tanya Gesse) |
proverb | three sheets to the wind | в дым пьяный |
gen. | Three sheets to the wind | пьяный в стельку (Svetlana D) |
idiom. | three sheets to the wind | Пьяный в хлам (To be "three sheets to the wind" is to be drunk. The sheet is the line that controls the sails on a ship. If the line is not secured, the sail flops in the wind, and the ship loses headway and control. If all three sails are loose, the ship is out of control. pvlpavlov) |
gen. | Three sheets to the wind | мертвецки пьяный (Svetlana D) |
gen. | three sheets to the wind | море по колено |