Idiom
drive someone to drink
Meaning
To cause someone to drink lots of alcohol, as an escape from frustration.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“These noisy neighbors are driving me to drink.”
“The constant pressure from my boss is enough to drive anyone to drink.”
“The endless bureaucratic delays and the sheer incompetence of the committee were enough to drive even the most patient person to drink.”
Examples
simple
“These noisy neighbors are driving me to drink.”
contextual
“The constant pressure from my boss is enough to drive anyone to drink.”
complex
“The endless bureaucratic delays and the sheer incompetence of the committee were enough to drive even the most patient person to drink.”
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