morning after, the

1. The unpleasant results of an earlier activity, especially overindulgence in alcohol. For example, A headache is just one of the symptoms of the morning after. This expression originated in the late 1800s as a synonym for a hangover (and was often put as the morning after the night before). By the mid-1900s, however, it was also being used more loosely for the aftereffects of staying up late.

Example Sentences

General Motors GM 11.90%increase; green up pointing triangle shares jumped Tuesday morning after the automaker reported strong sales and issued new guidance that included smaller losses in the future from electric vehicles.

Read more on The Wall Street Journal

Hall's Croft in Stratford-upon-Avon was damaged on Friday morning after the car backed into it, the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust said.

Read more on BBC

The morning after the night before.

Read more on BBC

It's the morning after the night before, when the former Tour de France champion brought the curtain down on his glittering career.

Read more on BBC

"We didn't sleep until morning. After the earthquake, there were small tremors, and there are still."

Read more on BBC