be on the wagon

【字面理解】在手推车上

【英文解析】not to drink alcohol, either for a short time or permanently

【中文解析】(短期或永久地)不喝酒，戒酒，滴酒不沾

【典型例句】① May I have a cup of lemonade? I am on the wagon.我现在戒酒了，给我一杯杵檬水好么?

② She’s on the wagon until her baby is born.孩子出生前她不喝酒。

【注释】19世纪末，美国民间兴起了禁酒运动(temperance movement) 0当时发誓戒酒的人说即使酒瘾难熬，也 宁愿爬到卖水车(Water wagon)上喝水，也不会破戒。 于是，on the (water) wagon (上水车)就等于“戒酒” 了。 假如敌不住酒瘾，“从水车上走下来”喝酒破戒，则叫 做 go off the wagon,如：Some people go off the wagon almost as soon as they go on it.(有些人几乎这边才说要 戒酒，那边就破戒了)。变体：go on the wagon。