выбор яда (в значении - выбор любимого напитка или действия)
When we arrived at the bar, the bartender asked what my choice of poison was.
Когда мы пришли в бар, бармен спросил, какой у меня выбор яда.
Definitions
A humorous or informal way to refer to someone's preferred alcoholic drink or, more generally, their preferred option among several, especially when all options have some negative or risky aspect.
