Compounds of 溺れる

• 溺れる
  (v1,vi) (1) (uk) to nearly drown
  to sink below the surface (of water)
  (2) to indulge in
  to lose one's head over something
  (P)
• 才子才に溺れる
  (exp) (id) A man of talent is ruined by his own talent
• 策士策に溺れる
  (exp) (id) craft brings nothing home (lit: the crafty schemer drowns in his own scheme)
• 溺れる者は藁をも掴む
  (exp) A drowning man will catch at a straw