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
Sorin	-	Romanian
Carpenter	['ka:pəntə]
Plouton	-	Greek Mythology
Kirsten	KEER-sten (Danish, Norwegian), KUR-stən (English)	Danish, Norwegian, English
Carter	KAHR-tər	English
Alojzy	ah-LOI-zi	Polish