“借酒消愁”常见的英文表达是 “drown one's sorrows in alcohol” 或更简洁的 “drown one's sorrows”（此时“in alcohol”可省略，因语境已暗示用酒）。
drown one's sorrows in alcohol：字面意思是“用酒精淹没自己的悲伤”，形象地表达了通过饮酒来缓解或忘却忧愁的行为。
drown one's sorrows：同样表示“借酒消愁”，是更简洁的表达方式，在日常对话和书面语中都常用。
例句：After losing his job, he tried to drown his sorrows in alcohol every night.（失业后，他每晚都试图借酒消愁。）
Some people turn to alcohol to drown their sorrows when they're feeling down.（有些人情绪低落时会借酒消愁。）