to the wind

to the wind
to the wind (informal)
Half-drunk (or drunk)
sheet

* * *

to the wind (s) (or the four winds)
in all directions

my little flock scatters to the four winds

so as to be abandoned or neglected

I threw my friends' advice to the winds

Origin:
from ‘And fear of death deliver to the winds’ (Milton's Paradise Lost)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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