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
Charlotte	shar-LOT (French), SHAHR-lət (English), shahr-LAW-tə (German), shah-LOT (Swedish), shahr-LAWT-tə (Dutch)	French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch
Fitz	FITS	English (Rare)
Khadija	-	Arabic, Malay
EfigÊNia	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
AntÓNia	-	Portuguese, Slovak, Hungarian
Keiran	-	English (Rare)