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.
See also: drown, trouble

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jervis-English (Rare)
Crescentius-Late Roman
Brijesha-Hinduism
Christen (2)KRIS-tinEnglish
Quirino-Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
Freyde-Yiddish