| 单词 | off the wagon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoff the wagon Originally U.S. off the wagon: (esp. of a habitual drinker) consuming alcohol again after a period of abstinence; no longer sober or abstemious; esp. in to fall off the wagon. Also in extended use, with reference to relapse into any harmful habit. See also water wagon n. 1b. ΚΠ 1906 B. L. Taylor Extra Dry 14 It is better to have been on and off the Wagon than never to have been on at all. 1911 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Jan. 88 I'm considering whether to fall off the wagon with a splash that'll drown Doc Williams. 1935 Esquire Mar. 120/2 He always tumbled off the wagon right when he was needed most. Just one little snort for a bracer, then he was lost. 1991 J. Phillips You'll never eat Lunch in this Town Again (1992) 10 She hadn't done any serious drugs for three and a half years and all of a sudden..she'd fallen off the wagon. 2017 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 Feb. 32 I had expected to be demanding..a glass of chardonnay to salute being off the wagon—but..I wasn't fussed. < as lemmas |
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