one too many

English

Etymology

From one drink (of an alcoholic beverage) too many.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

one too many

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one,‎ too,‎ many.
2. (idiomatic) One or more serving too much of alcohol, which leads to drunkenness.

   He's had one too many.

Translations

(idiomatic) one or more serving too much of alcohol

• French: un verre de trop m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: et (no) glass (no) for (no) mye (no)

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• Russian: перебор (ru) (perebor)

References

• “one-too-many”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “have one too many”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.