When friends-comrades spend a lot of time with each other and support each other in every possible way, people say about them - "do not spill water." The meaning of the phraseologism will be clarified further.
History of phraseology
Still fresh in my memory are those times (90s-20th century in Russia) when big fights were common on the streets. They fought everything and everyone. For example, a person lives in one area, but by mistake or due to various circumstances he wandered into a foreign area, and there he, as Yuri "Khoy" Klinsky sang, "will be met by locals." Perhaps there will be a mess. If we are talking about the 90s, then in 95% of cases there were showdowns. Imagine that a person is not alone, but together with a friend. And they bravely repel the attack of hooligans.
An impatient reader will say: “Well, what does “do not spill water” have to do with it? Where is the meaning of phraseologism? Moreover, dear reader, that the origin is directly associated with fights and water.
In ancient times, if a fight broke out, violent fellows were usually cooled with cold water. And here are those comrades who, despite such drastic measures, remained together and were recognized as true friends. Agreethat cold water is a serious test for friendship. It’s really “do not spill water” (the meaning of a phraseological unit can be understood both directly and metaphorically in this case).
If we mentally return to our not so distant past, then we can say that a true friend never left another when he ran into hooligans. Bandits on the streets were some analogue of cold water, a litmus test for friendship, its quality.
Meaning
Today, thank God, the tough times are behind us, and few people now sort things out right on the street. The meaning of the phraseological unit “you can’t spill it with water” is exclusively peaceful. Just two people spend all their free time with each other. They are like Siamese twins. It should be said that this type of relationship is not so common in adulthood, but children and adolescents find themselves this kind of friends quite easily. Sometimes an adult, looking at his child and his comrade, sadly says: "friends -" do not spill water "" (the meaning of the phraseological unit has already been learned by us, and the history of the issue has also been considered). He also thinks that he also had such close people, but now they are gone for a long time. And it’s not that they died, but a similar model of relationships disappeared from life. The meaning of the phraseological unit “you can’t spill it with water” seems to no longer be a mystery to the reader. Let's highlight one more aspect of the problem of friendship.
"A friend in need is known" and friends - "do not spill water"
Most people think a true friendknown in trouble. Like, when a person is doing well, there are many friends next to him. If trouble happens, then it immediately becomes clear who is a friend, and who just like that is a friend. And this judgment has, of course, its pluses. But it also has its downsides. For example, the one that it is much easier to empathize with the grief of another person than to sincerely rejoice at his good luck. Friends - "do not spill water": the meaning of the phraseological unit just suggests that friendship is a round-the-clock and lifelong concept. A true friend, like a loved one, will support, of course, in difficult times, but more importantly, he can be sincerely happy for his comrade when he is really happy.
