name one's poison

English

Etymology

From 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

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Verb

name 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)

1. (idiomatic) To indicate what type of alcoholic beverage one wishes to be served.