pick your poison

English

Alternative forms

• choose your poison
• name your poison

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔɪzən

Phrase

pick your poison

1. Alternative form of what's your poison.
2. Used to say that someone must choose between two unappealing options.

Further reading

• “pick/choose your poison”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.