drown

Also: Drown Your Troubles Meaning of Idiom Drown Your (or one’s) Sorrows’ To drown your sorrows means to try to forget your troubles or get over a disappointment by drinking an excessive amount of alcohol; to dull one’s worries or forget one’s sorrows by becoming intoxicated (drunk). 1Spears, Richard A. McGraw-Hill’s American Idioms Dictionary. Boston: McGraw … Read more