Meaning
to drink too much alcohol at one time.
Examples
I’m worried about Paul—he’s been drinking like a fish again.
I hate going to fraternity parties—it’s not very fun when I’m sober and everyone else is drinking like a fish.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What does the idiom ‘Drink like a fish’ mean?
The idiom ‘Drink like a fish’ means “to deal with a difficult situation without being harmed or damaged”
How do you use ‘Drink like a fish’ in a sentence?
Example usage of idiom ‘Drink like a fish’: Newspapers have weathered the storm of online information by providing news online themselves.