drink like a fish

English

Verb

drink like a fish

(simile) To drink alcohol heavily and in excess.

Translations

drink alcohol heavily

Dutch: drinken als een tempelier
Esperanto: drinki kiel funelo
Finnish: juoda kuin sieni
French: boire comme un trou (fr)
Hungarian: iszik, mint a kefekötő, iszik, mint a gödény

Italian: bere come una spugna
Japanese: 鯨飲する (geiin suru)
Polish: pić jak szewc (pl)
Portuguese: beber como uma esponja
Russian: пить как ло́шадь impf (pitʹ kak lóšadʹ) (drink like a horse), пить как гу́бка impf (pitʹ kak gúbka) (drink like a sponge), пья́нствовать (ru) impf (pʹjánstvovatʹ), буха́ть (ru) impf (buxátʹ)

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