pick

drink in

drink in {v. phr.}

To absorb with great interest.

The tourists stood on the beach drinking in the wonderful Hawaiian sunset.

Categories: add yours

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

Subscribe to: American Idioms

► Also consider the parent subscriptions (1)

English Slang

Leave my opinion

✉

We are in Telegram

Our RSS-feeds

Show All

See as well

nurse a drink

[nurse a drink] {v. phr.}, {informal} To hold a drink in one's hand at a party, pretending to be drinking it or taking extremely small sips only. * /John's been […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

drink up

[drink up] {v. phr.} To finish drinking; empty one's glass. * /"Drink up that cough syrup," the nurse said, "and never mind the taste,"/ A Dictionary of American Idioms

drink like a fish

[drink like a fish] {v. phr.} To drink (alcoholic beverages) in great quantities; to be addicted to alcohol. * /John is a nice guy but, unfortunately, he drinks like a […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

drink down

[drink down] {v. phr.} To drink in one gulp; swallow entirely. * /Steve was so thirsty that he drank down six glasses of orange juice in rapid succession./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

Recent updates

fairy tale

[fairy tale] or [story] {n.} An inaccurate, even false account of something; a result of wishful thinking. * /Jeff said he […]

penalty box

[penalty box] {n.} A place where penalized hockey players are required to go to wait until the penalty is over. * /Two […]

Albert Einstein

The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this […]

FTF or F2F

[FTF or F2F] "Face to face"; referring to a meeting in the real world, not online. In role-playing terms, it is the offline […]

game at which two can play

[game at which two can play] {n. phr.} A plan, trick, or way of acting that both sides may use. * /Rough football is a game […]

zoom in

[zoom in] {v. phr.} 1. To rapidly close in on (said of airplanes and birds of prey). * /The fighter planes zoomed in on the […]

Caryn Leschen

U.S. cartoonist & copywriter Thirty-five is when you finally get your head together and your body starts falling apart.

NFAHRU?

[NFAHRU?] "Not from around here R U?"