drown

drown your sorrows

to drink a lot of alcohol because you want to stop feeling sad. I've got a bottle of whiskey here - shall we stay in and drown our sorrows?

look like a drowned rat

to be very wet, especially because you have been in heavy rain. I had to cycle home in the rain and came in looking like a drowned rat.

See also: like, look, rat

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drown out something

to make it impossible to hear something. The plane was flying so low, the roar of its engines drowned out our conversation.

drown your sorrows

to drink a lot of alcohol because you want to stop feeling sad. Frank insisted that I accompany him to his house, where I could drown my sorrows.

Usage notes: sometimes said about eating or drinking something other than alcohol: I decided I'd drown my sorrows in a bucket of chocolate ice cream.