Idiom
drink with the flies
Meaning
To drink alcohol while alone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He sits at the bar and drinks with the flies every night.”
“After a long and difficult week, he preferred to drink with the flies at a quiet corner pub rather than go to a party.”
“The aging writer retreated to the dim tavern, choosing to drink with the flies while he contemplated the silence of his empty apartment.”
Examples
simple
“He sits at the bar and drinks with the flies every night.”
contextual
“After a long and difficult week, he preferred to drink with the flies at a quiet corner pub rather than go to a party.”
complex
“The aging writer retreated to the dim tavern, choosing to drink with the flies while he contemplated the silence of his empty apartment.”
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