one too many

See also: one-to-many

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

one too many

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one,‎ too,‎ many.

   We’ve got three too many.

   Even if one child is hurt that is one too many.

2. (idiomatic) One or more servings too many of alcohol, leading to drunkenness.

   He's had one too many.

Translations

(idiomatic) one or more servings too many of alcohol

• Finnish: yhden juoman liikaa
• French: un verre de trop m
• German: einen über den Durst trinken
• Norwegian:

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

• Russian: перебор (ru) (perebor)
• Spanish: unas copas de más f pl

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.