fall off the wagon

短语

故态复萌

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词形变化

fallen off the wagon falling off the wagon falls off the wagon 三单 falls off the wagon fell off the wagon falling off the wagon 现在分词 fell off the wagon 过去式 fallen off the wagon 过去式 fallen off the wagon 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.

    故态复萌

    习语

    Though he fell off the wagon several times, he eventually succeeded in quitting.

词源

Originally fall off the water wagon or fall off the water cart, referring to carts used to hose down dusty roads: see the 1901 quotation below. The suggestion is that a person who is “on the wagon” is drinking water rather than alcoholic beverages. The term may have been used by the early 20th-century temperance movement in the United States; for instance, William Hamilton Anderson (1874 – c. 1959), the superintendent of the New York Anti-Saloon League, is said to have made the following remark about Prohibition: “Be a good sport about it. No more falling off the water wagon. Uncle Sam will help you keep your pledge.”

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