English

one too many

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

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    Origin

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

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    • derivedEnglishone “The number represented by the Arabic numeral 1; the numerical value equal to that cardinal number.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishon
        • inheritedOld Englishon “in”
        • inheritedOld Englishān “one”
      • derivedEnglishA “The first letter of the English alphabet, called a and written in the Latin script.”
        • derivedMiddle Englishand
        • derivedEnglishthe “...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or ve…”
      • semantic loanMandarin的

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