into the drink

into the drink idiom
Into the water, especially the ocean. For example, One more wave and I thought I'd fall off the boat into the drink. [Slang; c. 1830]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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