hard drink—(of liquor) intoxicating; strong:
- With a hard drink in the hand the day lengthens and softens.
Cf.: soft drink—a nonalcoholic, flavored, carbonated beverage:
- Sugary soft drinks have been given much of the blame for overweight children.
hard drinking—indulging in alcohol to excess:
- It seemed as though no student’s education was complete without a spell of hard drinking in the Montparnasse cafes.