Idiom
what's your poison
Meaning
Used to someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink: what drink would you like to have?
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We are at the bar, so tell me, what's your poison?”
“The host greeted his guests warmly and asked, "What's your poison for the evening?"”
“As the evening progressed, the host circulated through the room with a tray of spirits, asking each guest what's your poison.”
Examples
simple
“We are at the bar, so tell me, what's your poison?”
contextual
“The host greeted his guests warmly and asked, "What's your poison for the evening?"”
complex
“As the evening progressed, the host circulated through the room with a tray of spirits, asking each guest what's your poison.”
Origin
The phrase is derived from the informal use of poison to denote an intoxicating drink or liquor, a classification based upon the literal fact that such beverages are toxic to the human body.
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