one for the road

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

one for the road (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) A final drink before one leaves.
   • 2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, pages 44–45:

     [...] and the rebuilding of Birmingham New Street with its Taurus Bar ("where one for the road - the railroad - can be taken with impunity").

Synonyms

• 1FTR

Translations

a final drink before one leaves

• Belarusian: на разье́знае (na razʹjéznaje)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 最後一杯酒／最后一杯酒 (zuìhòu yī bēi jiǔ)

• Chuvash: ҫул курки (śul k̬urk̬i), тӑрлав курки (tărlav kurk̬i)
• Dutch: afzakkertje (nl) n
• Finnish: yhdet vielä
• French: coup de l’étrier (fr) m, un dernier pour la route (fr) m
• Gagauz: dök yolculuk
• Italian: bicchiere della staffa m
• Japanese: 最後の一杯 (さいごのいっぱい, saigo no ippai)
• Komi-Zyrian: бӧръя румка (börja rumka)
• Korean: 막잔 (makjan), 마지막 한 잔 (majimak han jan)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: корно корка (korno korka)

  Western Mari: корны цӓркӓ (korny cärkä)

• Polish: rozchodniak m, strzemienny (pl) m
• Portuguese: saideira f
• Russian: на посошо́к (na posošók), посошо́к (ru) (posošók)
• Scottish Gaelic: deoch an dorais f
• Spanish: caminera f
• Swedish: färdknäpp (sv) c
• Udmurt: учорос (ućoros)
• Ukrainian: на ко́ня (uk) f (na kónja)

See also

• stirrup cup