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warrener  +  255640 Mon, 14 Aug 06 05:59 AM
People nurse their beer in the bar.

What does it mean? Thanks.  
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Clive  +  255646 Mon, 14 Aug 06 06:15 AM

Hi,

People nurse their beer in the bar.

What does it mean? Thanks.  

They drink their beer slowly, so that one beer lasts a long time. Thus, they 'take care of it', they 'nurse it'.

If they are unhappy, sometimes we say they 'cry into their beer'.

Best wishes, Clive
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Nef, 3 yr 103 days ago
They drink their beer slowly to make it last a long time.
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