Words, Terms & Phrases: Food & drink: The Irish could have come up with that one

The Irish could have come up with that one

 

The German equivalent of the English expression Wait and see! is Abwarten und trinken!

 

As you can see from the above, Germans don't "see", they "drink something". Can you guess which drink they are supposed to imbibe while waiting for things to pan out?

 

The title of this exercise might give you an idea.

 

Write the missing drink into the gap provided. Then press [Check] to see whether you were right. Use the [Hint] button to get a free letter if the answer is giving you trouble. You can also click here to get some help. 

          

 

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Tip: If you don't belong to the lucky few who possess a photographic memory, write down what you learnt while doing this exercise.

photo: © Dagmar Fischer