"what's your poison" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [English]

IPA: /ˌwɒts jə ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌ(h)wʌts jəɹ ˈpɔɪz(ə)n/ [General-American], /ˌ(h)wɑts-/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-what's your poison.oga [General-American] Forms: what’s your poison [canonical]
Rhymes: -ɔɪzən Etymology: From poison (“(informal) intoxicating drink; liquor”), from the fact that such beverages are toxic to the human body. Etymology templates: {{m|en|poison|t=(informal) intoxicating drink; liquor}} poison (“(informal) intoxicating drink; liquor”) Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=what’s your poison}} what’s your poison
  1. (originally US, idiomatic, humorous, informal, dated) Used to ask someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink: what drink would you like to have? Tags: dated, humorous, idiomatic, informal Categories (topical): Alcoholic beverages Synonyms: what's yours, what's your pleasure, choose your poison, name your poison, pick your poison Translations (used to ask someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink): 你想喝什麼酒 (Chinese Mandarin), 你想喝什么酒 (nǐ xiǎng hē shénme jiǔ?) (Chinese Mandarin), mitä haluat juoda (Finnish), que queres beber? (Galician), mit adhatok? (Hungarian), mit iszik? [formal] (Hungarian), mit iszol? [informal] (Hungarian)

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