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
Jay (1)JAYEnglish
Kasim-Turkish
PetroPE-tro (Esperanto)Ukrainian, Esperanto
BertÓK-Hungarian
Sargent['sa:dʒənt]
Mila-Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Czech, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian