why correct answer is road why not others?

[Nathan]

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #292 "English Slang Idioms (14)", question 2

He decided to flag down the waitress and order one for the ..........

(a) road
(b) posterity
(c) head
(d) cuff

English Language Tests, Intermediate level

ESL/EFL Test #292 "English Slang Idioms (14)", answer 2

He decided to flag down the waitress and order one for the road.

Correct answer: (a) road
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why correct answer is road why not others?

Nathan

[Linda]

Hello,
"Order one for the road" is a common expression that refers to "something given to someone when that person is leaving so that he or she may enjoy it during the trip home." These questions test the students' abilities to find the common "English Slang Idioms."
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[Kati Svaby]

Today we would say that he ordered a take-away meal.
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[Kati Svaby]

have found a new explanation which we also use in my mother tongue.
one for the road=
(informal) a last alcoholic drink before you leave a party, etc
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[Beeesneees]

This is the first time that I have seen this thread and I think Linda's answer above in message #2 is incorrect. She seems to have been a little confused.

Your last answer above in message #4 is the correct meaning.
"Order one for the road" is a common expression that refers to "have one final drink before one leaves".
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[Esl_Expert]

I know the expression as "one for the road", and I also know it the same way Kati and Beeesneees have described. So, for example, someone at a party announces that he/she is leaving. One of the other party-goers might then say something such as "How about one for the road before you go?"

The definition that Linda gave seems to have been taken word-for-word from one of two definitions given in the Urban Dictionary. (The second meaning given there is much too crude to mention in polite company...) I agree that it doesn't seem to get the meaning quite right.

The idea of ordering something to eat/drink later (possibly while driving, or after one gets home) is often expressed as "take out" or "to go".

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[Kati Svaby]

Hi,

Many thanks for remembering me this expression. Unfortunately I have forgotten it. I hope that you reminded me I will never forget. I was thinking about what can be the reason that somebody asks for an alcoholic drink before leaving the party. Perhaps Lynda thought this. I am sure if I asked "one for the road" I would like to go home in high spirits. Don't care about it that next morning perhaps I would have a hangover.

There is a Russian joke. Ivan asks for ten glasses of vodka. When the waiter put on his table he threw down the first glass of vodka and the last one. The waiter was shocked and asked 'why did you do this?' Ivan said because from the first one I always shiver with cold and from the last I get drunk. (hahaha)
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