on the wagon

الإنجليزية - التركية

تعريف on the wagon في الإنجليزية التركية القاموس.

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المصطلحات ذات الصلة

on the waggon

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية

تعريف on the wagon في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.

By extension, maintaining a program of self-improvement or abstinence from some other undesirable habit

He’s been on the smoking cessation wagon for two weeks now.

Abstaining from drinking any alcoholic drink, usually in the sense of having given it up (as opposed to never having partaken)

1917: “Thank you, but; – er – I’m on the wagon, you know,” declined the youth. — Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Oakdale Affair.

المصطلحات ذات الصلة

be on the wagon

abstain from alcoholic drinks

الواصلة

on the Wag·on

التركية النطق

ôn dhi wägın

المترادفات

teetotal, abstaining, abstemious, abstinent, cold sober, dry, drying out, free of alcohol, nonindulgent, not drinking, not drunk, not partaking of alcohol, period of abstinence, restrained, sober

المتضادة

off the wagon

النطق

/ˈôn ᴛʜē ˈwagən/ /ˈɔːn ðiː ˈwæɡən/

علم أصول الكلمات

[ 'on, 'än ] (preposition.) before 12th century. Early 20th century American temperance|temperance]] movement. Originally “on the water wagon” or “on the water cart”,, , Michael Quinion“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001"Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins" by Robert Hendrickson, New York, 1997. referring to carts used to hose down dusty roads. Alice Hegan Rice|Alice Hegan Rice]], Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch|Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch]], 1901, at Project Gutenberg :I wanted to git him some whisky, but he shuck his head. ‘I'm on the water-cart,’ sez he. Compare New York Anti-Saloon League|New York Anti-Saloon League]]: :Be a good sport about it. No more falling off the water wagon. Uncle Sam will help you keep your pledge.