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It is an idiom meaning that someone who had stopped drinking alcohol has slipped up and started drinking again.

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Q: What does 'Fall off the wagon' mean?
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What does to go on the wagon mean?

It means to be sober. If you fall off the wagon you have begun drinking again/relapsed.


What does on the wagon mean?

On the wagon means you are giving up alcohol. You are not going to drink anything alcoholic. If you fall off the wagon, you've slipped up and had a drink.


Why is it called Off the wagon when you stop drinking alcohol?

You have this wrongWhen you stop drinking alcohol you are said to be ON the wagon.Thus if you fall OFF the wagon it is taken to mean that you have started to drink alcohol again having one stopped.The WAGON in the expression relates to the water wagon, which was a horse-drawn water car once used to spray dirt roads to keep down the dust. (So if you were on the wagon you must be drinking WATER).


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Why does a child on a toboggan fall back when the toboggan is given a sharp tug?

A child in a wagon seems to fall backward when you give the wagon a sharp pull forward because the force that is exerted on te wagon is greater than the force of the friction pushing the child forward while the wagon is accelerating forward. If the force was great enough or if the wagon were to continue being pushed with a constant or increasing force, the child would eventually fall off the wagon. If the wagon's surface had no friction and there was no wind blowing against the wagon but there was friction on the ground the wagon is rolling on, then the child would stay in the same position and would fall of the wagon if the wagon were to travel far enough. If the surface of the wagon had no friction, there was no other force stopping the wagon, then the child wouldn't move his position while the wagon wouldn't stop ever making it so the child had to eventually fall assuming the wagon is finite and doesn't go all the way around in a circle around a center of gravity.


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Litteraly:¿Se cayó / se cayeron / te caíste / os caísteis de la carreta?


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