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off the wagon

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  • off the wagon — {adj. phr.}, {slang} No longer refusing to drink whiskey or other alcoholic beverages; drinking liquor again, after stopping for a while. * /When a heavy drinker quits he must really quit. One little drink of whiskey is enough to drive him off… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • off the wagon — {adj. phr.}, {slang} No longer refusing to drink whiskey or other alcoholic beverages; drinking liquor again, after stopping for a while. * /When a heavy drinker quits he must really quit. One little drink of whiskey is enough to drive him off… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • off the wagon — adverb No longer maintaining a program of self improvement or abstinence from an undesirable habit, especially drinking alcohol. She kept up her diet for an entire month before falling off the wagon. Ant: on the wagon …   Wiktionary

  • off\ the\ wagon — adj. phr. slang No longer refusing to drink whiskey or other alcoholic beverages; drinking liquor again, after stopping for a while. When a heavy drinker quits he must really quit. One little drink of whiskey is enough to drive him off the wagon …   Словарь американских идиом

  • off the wagon —    habitually drinking alcohol after a period of abstinence    After having been on the wagon:     When a man like that goes off the wagon, he bites dust. (Kersh, 1936) …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

  • off the wagon — drinking alcohol again, after having stopped. If she falls off the wagon again, she ll just have to pick herself up and try to stop drinking. Usage notes: usually said about someone who has an alcohol problem Opposite of: on the wagon …   New idioms dictionary

  • off the wagon — phrasal in or into a state of no longer abstaining from alcoholic beverages < fell off the wagon > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • off the wagon — drinking again, drunk again    He s off the wagon again. He started drinking last night …   English idioms

  • off the wagon — begin to drink alcohol again after stopping for awhile He seems to be off the wagon again. I saw him yesterday and I am sure that he had been drinking …   Idioms and examples

  • fall off the wagon — If someone falls off the wagon, they start drinking after having given up completely for a time …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • on (or off) the wagon — informal abstaining (or not abstaining) from drinking alcohol. → wagon …   English new terms dictionary

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