| 单词 | on the wagon |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the wagon b. on the wagon: abstaining from alcoholic drink, teetotal. See on the water wagon at water wagon n. 1b originally U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > abstention from drinking > [adjective] > total abstinence water-drinking?1616 hydropotic1623 teetotal1834 teetotalling1839 water wagon1889 on the wagon1906 temperance1907 pussyfoot1919 bone-dry1920 T.T.1922 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. 1917 J. M. Grider War Birds (1927) 23 Springs put him on the wagon for a week. 1934 J. T. Farrell Young Manhood Studs Lonigan xiv. 218 ‘Was he oiled when the accident happened?’ ‘No, he was on the wagon again.’ 1951 L. Hellman Autumn Garden iii. 138 A few years ago I'd go on the wagon twice a year. Now..I don't care. 1976 L. Deighton Twinkle, twinkle, Little Spy viii. 83 They dug him out of a bar.., stoned out of his mind... He stayed on the wagon for years. < as lemmas |
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