Phrase of the Day

Ginger’s Phrase of the Day provides you with a daily dose of interesting facts and trivia on some of the more, and less, common phrases in the English language. Learn the real meaning behind these phrases, when and how to use them and other less-known info behind each phrase.

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To Fall Off The Wagon

This phrase 'To fall off the wagon' is usually said on a recovering alcoholic, which means that someone has returned to drinking alcohol after a passé of abstinence. Example in use:  "Anna hadn't had a beverage in a decade, but when her husband of eleven years left her, she fell off the wagon again."