drown one's sorrows

Drink liquor to escape one's unhappiness. For example, After the divorce, she took to drowning her sorrows at the local bar. The notion of drowning in drink dates from the late 1300s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Pitter	PIT-tər (Limburgish)	Frisian, Limburgish
Inanna	i-NAH-na	Near Eastern Mythology
Rene	-	English
Jodi	JO-dee	English
CÔNg	-	Vietnamese
Almira (2)	-	Bosnian