"drown one's sorrows" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: drowns one's sorrows [present, singular, third-person], drowning one's sorrows [participle, present], drowned one's sorrows [participle, past], drowned one's sorrows [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} drown one's sorrows (third-person singular simple present drowns one's sorrows, present participle drowning one's sorrows, simple past and past participle drowned one's sorrows)
  1. To drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings. Categories (topical): Alcoholism, Drinking Related terms: cry in one's beer Translations (to drink alcohol heavily to deal with miserable feelings): 借酒澆愁 (Chinese Mandarin), 借酒浇愁 (jiè jiǔ jiāo chóu) (Chinese Mandarin), zorgen verdrinken (Dutch), juoda suruun (Finnish), noyer son chagrin (French), הִטְבִּיעַ אֶת יְגוֹנוֹ (hitbía' et y'gonó) (Hebrew), alkoholba fojtja a bánatát (Hungarian), drekkja sorgum sínum (Icelandic), annegare i propri dispiaceri nell'alcol (Italian), topić smutki (Polish), afogar as mágoas (Portuguese), зали́ть го́ре (zalítʹ góre) (Russian), зали́ть тоску́ (zalítʹ toskú) (Russian), ahogar las penas (Spanish), dränka sina sorger (Swedish)

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