nurse Идиома

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nurse a grudge

keep a feeling of dislike toward some person My old girlfriend is still nursing a grudge toward me even after three years.

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nurse a drink|drink|nurse

v. phr., informal To hold a drink in one's hand at a party, pretending to be drinking it or taking extremely small sips only. John's been nursing that drink all evening.

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nurse a grudge|grudge|nurse

v. phr. To keep a feeling of envy or dislike toward some person; remember something bad that a person said or did to you, and dislike the person because of that. Torn nursed a grudge against John because John took his place on the basketball team. Mary nursed a grudge against her teacher because she thought she deserved a better grade in English.

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visiting nurse|nurse|visiting

n. A nurse who goes from home to home taking care of sick people or giving help with other health problems. After John returned home from the hospital, the visiting nurse came each day to change his bandages.

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nurse a drink

nurse a drink
Consume a drink slowly, especially in order to conserve it. For example, He nursed one drink for the whole evening. This idiom alludes to holding a glass very carefully, as one might a child. [c. 1940]