one too many

idiom

: too many alcoholic drinks
He had one too many at the bar last night.

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Detectives Judy Hopps and Nick Wilde are feeling the strain of cracking one too many cases together. Brent Lang, Variety, 3 Apr. 2025 Will Forte, John Cena, Lana Condor and Tone Bell star in the movie, which follows Wile E. Coyote, who, after Acme products fail him one too many times in his dogged pursuit of the Roadrunner, decides to hire a billboard lawyer to sue the Acme Corporation. Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 31 Mar. 2025 Yet the club had drawn one too many games in the opening months of the season, and Motta had been accused of lacking the ruthlessness that’s needed at a club like Juve by some of the club’s former greats. Emmet Gates, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 Keeping Brennan and Jones would have been one too many left-handed hitting outfielders. Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for one too many

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“One too many.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/one%20too%20many. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.

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