Significado
Accepting a loss and moving on.
Contexto cultural
Drinking cold water is a common remedy for 'stomach nerves' or stress in Bulgarian folk medicine, which likely influenced the idiom. There is a shared sense of 'black humor' regarding financial loss across the Balkans, where people laugh at their own misfortune to cope. In cities, this phrase is frequently used when dealing with slow or corrupt bureaucracy. Offering water is the most basic form of hospitality. If a host can offer *only* water, it implies poverty or that the guest is getting nothing else.
Use it for irony
Bulgarians love using this phrase ironically when they know they've been slightly inconvenienced but want to sound dramatic.
Don't use for thirst
If you are actually thirsty in a restaurant, just say 'Искам студена вода'. Adding 'една' makes it sound slightly more like the idiom.
Significado
Accepting a loss and moving on.
Use it for irony
Bulgarians love using this phrase ironically when they know they've been slightly inconvenienced but want to sound dramatic.
Don't use for thirst
If you are actually thirsty in a restaurant, just say 'Искам студена вода'. Adding 'една' makes it sound slightly more like the idiom.
Teste-se
Fill in the missing verb in the correct form.
Вчера загубих портфейла си и ______ една студена вода.
The sentence starts with 'Вчера' (yesterday), so we need the past tense 'пих'.
Which situation best fits the idiom?
Кога казваме 'Пий една студена вода'?
The idiom is used for accepting an unrecoverable loss.
Match the response to the situation.
Ситуация: Дадох пари назаем на Иван, но той изчезна.
This is the standard response to a loan that won't be repaid.
Complete the dialogue.
А: Билетите за мача свършиха! Б: Е, значи ще ______ по една студена вода.
The idiom uses the verb 'пия' (to drink).
🎉 Pontuação: /4
Recursos visuais
Banco de exercicios
4 exerciciosВчера загубих портфейла си и ______ една студена вода.
The sentence starts with 'Вчера' (yesterday), so we need the past tense 'пих'.
Кога казваме 'Пий една студена вода'?
The idiom is used for accepting an unrecoverable loss.
Ситуация: Дадох пари назаем на Иван, но той изчезна.
This is the standard response to a loan that won't be repaid.
А: Билетите за мача свършиха! Б: Е, значи ще ______ по една студена вода.
The idiom uses the verb 'пия' (to drink).
🎉 Pontuação: /4
Perguntas frequentes
2 perguntasIt can be if you say it to someone who just suffered a loss. It's like saying 'Suck it up'. But if you say it about yourself, it's just casual.
Yes, it's very common when losing a bet or a competitive game.
Frases relacionadas
отиде на кино
similarit went to the movies (it's ruined/gone)
изгорях
builds onI burned (I lost a lot of money)
пито-платено
similardrunk and paid for (it's settled)
