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drown your sorrows
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to drink alcohol to forget your problems
Usually about alcohol. It can be playful, as in 'drown your sorrows in ice cream'.
In context
After the match, the fans went to a bar to drown their sorrows.
Some people drown their sorrows in food after a breakup.
Common mistake
Incorrect: He went out to drown the sorrow.
Correct: He went out to drown his sorrows.
More idioms about food
- a bad appleone bad person who has a bad effect on the rest of a group
- a couch potatoa person who spends a lot of time sitting and watching TV instead of being active
- a different kettle of fisha completely different situation from the one just mentioned
- a finger in every pieinvolved in many different activities, often to get power
- a meal ticketa person or thing that someone uses as a source of money or support