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into the drink

Idioms  
  1. 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]


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He and business partner Bardy Bayram briefly tossed up working noodles and coconut milk into the drink somehow, but decided floaties and a creamy flavour would probably be a bridge too far.

From BBC • Oct. 31, 2023

“It's not a common move,” he says, because it can send bits of herbs or fruit into the drink, causing it to look “frothy, cloudier and chaotic in the glass.”

From Scientific American • Jun. 17, 2023

Otherwise, there’s the disaster of having half a biscuit disappear into the drink.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2022

Pinch the peel over the drink to release the oils, then let it sink into the drink.

From Salon • Oct. 15, 2021

She pops the top off the cup and puts both straws into the drink.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements