"four sheets to the wind" meaning in English

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          "text": "1975 Tom Waits, \"Spare Parts 1 (A Nocturnal Emission),\" Nighthawks at the Diner, Asylum Records\nYou see, it's a well known fact, you know / I'm four sheets to the wind, I'm glad you're gone"
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          "ref": "2005 Richard LeVine, Awakening Waves: A True Adventure Story, Warm Wisdom Press, p133",
          "text": "After a couple of hours many people were four sheets to the wind, having had a few too many drinks."
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          "ref": "2009, Linda Hamalian, The Cramoisy Queen: A Life of Caresse Crosby, SIU Press, page 9",
          "text": "He would flee the apartment when the baby fussed and cried, only to return much later four sheets to the wind.",
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        "(idiomatic) Extremely drunk."
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          "text": "1975 Tom Waits, \"Spare Parts 1 (A Nocturnal Emission),\" Nighthawks at the Diner, Asylum Records\nYou see, it's a well known fact, you know / I'm four sheets to the wind, I'm glad you're gone"
        },
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          "text": "After a couple of hours many people were four sheets to the wind, having had a few too many drinks."
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