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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Noa (2)	no-ah	Japanese
Luuk	LUYK	Dutch
Sarkis	-	Armenian
GertrŪDa	-	Lithuanian
Yseut	-	Arthurian Romance
Maela	-	Breton