drown one's sorrows

English

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Verb

drown one's sorrows (third-person singular simple present drowns one's sorrows, present participle drowning one's sorrows, simple past and past participle drowned one's sorrows)

1. To drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings.

Translations

to drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 借酒澆愁／借酒浇愁 (zh) (jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu)

• Dutch: zorgen verdrinken
• Finnish: juoda suruun
• French: noyer son chagrin (fr)
• Hebrew: הִטְבִּיעַ אֶת יְגוֹנוֹ (hitbía' et y'gonó)
• Hungarian: alkoholba fojtja a bánatát
• Icelandic: drekkja sorgum sínum
• Italian: annegare i propri dispiaceri nell'alcol
• Polish: topić smutki
• Portuguese: afogar as mágoas (pt)
• Russian: зали́ть го́ре (ru) (zalítʹ góre), зали́ть тоску́ (zalítʹ toskú)
• Spanish: ahogar las penas
• Swedish: dränka sina sorger

See also

• cry in one's beer