nurse a drink



nurse a drink

Consume a drink slowly, especially in order to conserve it. For example, He nursed one drink for the whole evening. This idiom alludes to holding a glass very carefully, as one might a child. [c. 1940]
See also: drink, nurse

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Jorginho-Portuguese
Valentin['væləntin]
Vered-Hebrew
Priscila-Portuguese, Spanish
Applewhite['æplhwait]
SÁRi-Hungarian