meaning of "seven sheets to the wind"

[Rosalisa]

what does "seven sheets to the wind" mean?
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[Lost_Soul]

Yo !

[Rosalisa]

Thank you, Lost Soul, for your help.
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If you want to change the world, be one of the change.

[Conchita]

A variant of this idiom is 'to be three sheets to the wind'.

Perhaps that's a bit less drunk than with seven sheets!