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
John[dʒɔn]
JaylinJAY-linAfrican American (Modern), English (Modern)
Yima-Persian Mythology
Ragnvald-Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
LaineLIE-neEstonian
Maximianomahk-see-MYAH-no (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese