"what's your poison" meaning in English

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Phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|phrase|head=what's your poison?}} what's your poison?
  1. (informal, humorous) Used to ask someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink. Tags: humorous, informal Synonyms: what's yours, what's your pleasure, pick your poison, choose your poison, name 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 iszol? [informal] (Hungarian), mit iszik? [formal] (Hungarian), mit adhatok? (Hungarian)

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