Slang definitions & phrases for drown one's sorrows
drown one's sorrows
verb phrase
To alleviate or obscure the chagrins of one's life, esp by getting drunk (1674+)
Idioms and Phrases with drown one's sorrows
drown one's sorrows
Drink liquor to escape one's unhappiness. For example, After the divorce, she took to drowning her sorrows at the local bar. The notion of drowning in drink dates from the late 1300s.