When his wife was killed in an auto accident, Mr. Green tried to drown his sorrows in whiskey.
When Fred lost his job and had to give up his new car, he tried to drown his troubles at the nearest tavern.
Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". Оригинал: A.Маккей, М.Т.Боткер, Дж.И.Гейтс. 1997.
drown one's troubles — See: DROWN ONE S SORROWS … Dictionary of American idioms
drown one's troubles — See: DROWN ONE S SORROWS … Dictionary of American idioms
drown\ one's\ sorrows — • drown one s sorrows • drown one s troubles v. phr. informal To drink liquor to try to forget something unhappy. When his wife was killed in an auto accident, Mr. Green tried to drown his sorrows in whiskey. When Fred lost his job and had to… … Словарь американских идиом
drown one's sorrows — or[drown one s troubles] {v. phr.}, {informal} To drink liquor to try to forget something unhappy. * /When his wife was killed in an auto accident, Mr. Green tried to drown his sorrows in whiskey./ * /When Fred lost his job and had to give up his … Dictionary of American idioms
drown one's sorrows — or[drown one s troubles] {v. phr.}, {informal} To drink liquor to try to forget something unhappy. * /When his wife was killed in an auto accident, Mr. Green tried to drown his sorrows in whiskey./ * /When Fred lost his job and had to give up his … Dictionary of American idioms
drown one's sorrows — To become drunk in order to forget one s troubles • • • Main Entry: ↑sorrow * * * forget one s problems by getting drunk … Useful english dictionary
drown one's sorrows in drink — drink alcohol to forget one s troubles … English contemporary dictionary
drown — [[t]draʊn[/t]] v. i. 1) to die of suffocation under water or other liquid 2) to kill by submerging under water or other liquid 3) to destroy or get rid of by immersion: to drown one s troubles in drink[/ex] 4) to flood or inundate with water or… … From formal English to slang
One Life to Live miscellaneous characters — The following are minor or recurring characters from the American soap opera One Life to Live. Contents 1 Kimberly Andrews 2 Nigel Bartholomew Smythe … Wikipedia
oblivion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Forgetfulness Nouns oblivion, obliviousness, forgetfulness, obliteration (of the past); insensibility; failure, loss, or lapse of memory, amnesia, memory hole; waters of Lethe or oblivion, nepenthe;… … English dictionary for students
