morning after, the

Idioms  

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.

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Example Sentences

Still, the morning after the Dodgers clinched their second straight championship, Asner knew it was time to get to start tracking more murals.

From Los Angeles Times

Bath & Body Works stock tanked Thursday morning after the company missed earnings projections and cut its financial forecasts for the fiscal year, saying consumers concerned about the economy are now less likely to buy.

From Barron's

Leclerc said Elkann called him on the morning after the Sao Paulo GP to tell him he was planning to make the comments.

From BBC

By the morning after, the pair finally manage to work up one smooch with a bit of heat.

From Los Angeles Times

His first reaction on the morning after the election was to blame the GOP losses on the shutdown — after he had pretty much ignored the issue since the government closed on Oct.

From Salon