Idiom
cry in one's beer
Meaning
To feel sorry for oneself; to feel sadness or regret, especially in combination with self-pity.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Stop crying in your beer and try to fix the problem.”
“He spent the whole evening crying in his beer instead of looking for a new job.”
“Rather than crying in his beer over the failed project, he chose to analyze his mistakes and prepare for the next challenge.”
Examples
simple
“Stop crying in your beer and try to fix the problem.”
contextual
“He spent the whole evening crying in his beer instead of looking for a new job.”
complex
“Rather than crying in his beer over the failed project, he chose to analyze his mistakes and prepare for the next challenge.”
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