Meanings
verbdrink like a fish (third-person singular simple present drinks like a fish, present participle drinking like a fish, simple past drank like a fish, past participle drunk like a fish)
present singular third person drinks like a fish · participle present drinking like a fish · past drank like a fish · participle past drunk like a fish
Translations
Dutch drinken als een tempelier
- drinken als een tempelierdrink alcohol heavily
Esperanto drinki kiel funelo
- drinki kiel funelodrink alcohol heavily
Finnish juoda kuin sieni
- juoda kuin sienidrink alcohol heavily
French boire comme un trou
- boire comme un troudrink alcohol heavily
German saufen wie ein Loch
- saufen wie ein Lochdrink alcohol heavily
Hungarian iszik, mint a kefekötő, iszik, mint a gödény
- iszik, mint a kefekötődrink alcohol heavily
- iszik, mint a gödénydrink alcohol heavily
Italian bere come una spugna
- bere come una spugnadrink alcohol heavily
Japanese 鯨飲する
- 鯨飲する (geiin suru)drink alcohol heavily
Polish pić jak szewc
- pić jak szewcdrink alcohol heavily
Portuguese beber como uma esponja
- beber como uma esponjadrink alcohol heavily
Russian пить как ло́шадь, пить как гу́бка
- пить как ло́шадь (pitʹ kak lóšadʹ)drink alcohol heavily
- пить как гу́бка (pitʹ kak gúbka)drink alcohol heavily
- пья́нствовать (pʹjánstvovatʹ)drink alcohol heavily
- буха́ть (buxátʹ)drink alcohol heavily
Spanish beber como una esponja
- beber como una esponjadrink alcohol heavily
Swedish dricka som en svamp
- dricka som en svampdrink alcohol heavily
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APA
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MLA
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Chicago
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