nurse a drink



nurse a drink

Consume a drink slowly, especially in order to conserve it. For example, He nursed one drink for the whole evening. This idiom alludes to holding a glass very carefully, as one might a child. [c. 1940]
See also: drink, nurse

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Arber['a:rbə]
LockieLAHK-eeScottish
DelbertDEL-bərtEnglish
Jayesh-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati
SilasSIE-ləs (English)English, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
SİMge-Turkish