sorrow

See: DROWN ONE'S SORROWS.

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Ann Landers

(1918--) U.S. advice columnist People who drink to drown their sorrow should be told that sorrow knows how to swim. www.sky-net-eye.com

drown one's sorrows

[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. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

drown one's troubles

[drown one's troubles] See: [DROWN ONE'S SORROWS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

Chaucer

(1340-1410) English author We wedded men live in sorrow and care. www.sky-net-eye.com

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