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
Monica['mɔnikə]
Anima (1)-Indian, Hindi
Torill-Norwegian
Lali-Georgian
Yngve-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Finnian-Irish