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
Zsuzsa	-	Hungarian
AlŽBeta	-	Slovak
Susann	zoo-ZAHN (German)	German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Topi	TO-pee	Finnish
Ania	AHN-yah (Polish)	Polish, Russian
Evgeniy	yev-GYE-nee, eev-GYE-nee	Russian