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BulgarianБели кахъри (Beli kahŭri)
Meaning: Trivial, almost pleasant things to fret over.
Literally: White worries
Example: “Да избирам между два плажа са ми белите кахъри.” — Choosing between two beaches is the nicest kind of worry to have.
Origin: Kahǎr is a loanword from Turkish kahır (grief, sorrow), and white worries are the light, harmless kind, set against real, black ones. The phrase is used, often ironically, of problems that are hardly problems at all.
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