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
Athanas	-	Ancient Greek
Colton	['kəultən]
Khulan	-	Mongolian
Jayanti	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi
Luca (2)	LOO-tsah (Croatian)	Hungarian, Croatian
Orlanda	or-LAHN-dah	Italian