Meanings
alternative choose your poison · alternative name your poison · alternative pick your poison
- datedhumorousidiomaticinformalUsed to someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink: what drink would you like to have?
What's yer poison, darlin'?
1998 October 29, Black Isle Studios, Fallout 2, v1.02d, spoken by Bartender, Interplay Productions, Windows, level/area: DesperadoSynonyms: what's yours, what's your pleasure
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseUsed to someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink: what drink would you like to have?
Origin
From poison (“(informal) intoxicating drink; liquor”), from the fact that such beverages are toxic to the human body.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 你想喝什麼酒 /你想喝什么酒
- 你想喝什麼酒 /你想喝什么酒 (nǐ xiǎng hē shénme jiǔ?)used to ask someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink
Finnish mitä haluat juoda
- mitä haluat juodaused to ask someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink
Hungarian mit adhatok?, mit iszik?
- mit adhatok?used to ask someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink
- mit iszik?used to ask someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink
- mit iszol?used to ask someone what alcoholic beverage they would like to drink
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with what's your poison
All rhymes →Cite this entry
what's your poison. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/what's%20your%20poison
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