Question of the Day #1289

Tuimoala Lolohea 'drowned his sorrows' over frustrations at the Warriors

From the headline of this article at the Stuff.

  上記の文で、drown one's sorrowsの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "drown one's sorrows" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

〈俗〉酒で悲しみを紛らす

ちなみに、上記の訳では「酒」になっていますが、今では麻薬や下記例文の2にあるように「ピザ」と「アイスクリーム」等々の場合もあり得ます。

 

Answer

According to The Free Dictionary:

To attempt to forget one's troubles through the consumption of something, typically alcohol (to which the phrase originally referred).

 

Examples

1. It's not healthy to just drown your sorrows every time a girl breaks up with you. Quit drinking and try to face reality.
2. Whenever I have a hard week at work, I like to spend Friday night drowning my sorrow in pizza and ice cream.
3. Yes, we did lose that big client. That's why  we're going to the bar to drown our sorrows!
4. After the divorce, she took to drowning her sorrows at the local bar.
5. What's the place to go in Vegas to drown one's sorrows after a bad beat? From Forbes

   

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