name one's poison
English
editEtymology
editFrom the US prohibition era, when the government required that the base ingredients for many products have poisons added to them to make it harder for them to be distilled into alcohol. As a result, much of the prohibition alcohol was actually poison when not distilled completely or properly.
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
editname one's poison (third-person singular simple present names one's poison, present participle naming one's poison, simple past and past participle named one's poison)