drown troubles

drown one's troubles

and drown one's sorrows

Fig. to try to forget one's problems by drinking a lot of alcohol. Bill is in the bar, drowning his troubles. Jane is at home, drowning her sorrows.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Davida	-	English (Rare)
Mikaere	-	Maori
JÓN	-	Icelandic, Faroese
CÔNg	-	Vietnamese
Conway	KAHN-way	English
Ivan	ee-VAHN (Russian, Ukrainian), IE-vən (English)	Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Serbian, Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian, Slovene, En