How to Pronounce "drown your sorrows"
expression
DROWN-yer-SAR-ohz
drown-YAW-SOR-ohz
Definition
To try to forget your sadness by drinking alcohol, typically after a disappointment or loss.
IPA Transcription
American English
ˈdɹaʊn/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈsɑɹoʊz
British English
dɹˈaʊn/ /jˈɔː/ /sˈɒɹəʊz
Simplified Pronunciation
US
DROWN-yer-SAR-ohz
UK
drown-YAW-SOR-ohz
Listen in Context
After losing the game, he wanted to drown his sorrows.
She went out to drown her sorrows after the breakup.
You can't drown your sorrows forever.
He called his friends to join him and drown their sorrows at the bar.