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
Sameer (2)-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati
Sosimoso-SEE-moSpanish
Arevig-Armenian
Gaetana-Italian
Emilia[i'miliə]
Neo (2)-Various