🚗 One for the Road: Last Call for Idioms 🥂
“One for the road” - a charming, bittersweet idiom that conjures up the days of yore when a final drink marked the farewell point of a get-together or the start of journeys yet become. Curiously, the British often capitalized on this as an extra pint before parting ways at the pub. Eric Partridge remarked that the term sprouted from travel-minded salesmen, a relic of early 20th-century liquored farewells.
Similar & Related Terms
- Nightcap: A final drink before bed.
- Parting glass: The last drink shared with friends before leaving.
- Last call: The final announcement in a bar before closing.
- Farewell drink: A drink to say goodbye.
Proverbs & Expressions
Hit the road, Jack: An invitation to leave, often not in the friendliest manner. On the wagon: Abstaining from alcohol, contrary to “one for the road.”
Synonyms & Antonyms
- Synonyms: Nightcap, last round, final toast.
- Antonyms: Teetotaler, abstainer, prohibition.
Humor-filled Quotes
“24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I think not.” – H. L. Mencken
“A man’s got to believe in something. I believe I’ll have another drink.” – W. C. Fields
Literature, Books, Songs, Poetry, Movies
- 🎵 Song: “One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)” - Frank Sinatra
- 📖 Book: “Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition” by Daniel Okrent
- 🎬 Movie: “The World’s End” - Five friends, twelve pubs, one memorable journey.
Quizzes to Test Your Wit
Published by: Whimsical Wordsmith Publishing, October 2023
And with that last idiom to quench your intellectual thirst, may you embrace every journey and bid every parting with merriment. Until our idioms cross paths again, fair reader!
“May your words be mirrors of deeper journeys.”
