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
Jayden	JAY-dən	English (Modern)
Isadora	[.izə'dɔ:rə]
Mehmet	meh-MET	Turkish
Dalia (1)	-	Spanish (Latin American), American (Hispanic)
Naranbaatar	-	Mongolian
Cheyanne	shie-AN	English (Modern)