"caer como un baldado de agua fría" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: caigo como un baldado de agua fría [first-person, present, singular], caí como un baldado de agua fría [first-person, preterite, singular], caído como un baldado de agua fría [participle, past]
Etymology: Literally, “fall like a bucket of cold water” Etymology templates: {{m-g|fall like a bucket of cold water}} “fall like a bucket of cold water”, {{lit|fall like a bucket of cold water}} Literally, “fall like a bucket of cold water” Head templates: {{es-verb|caer<> como un baldado de agua fría}} caer como un baldado de agua fría (first-person singular present caigo como un baldado de agua fría, first-person singular preterite caí como un baldado de agua fría, past participle caído como un baldado de agua fría)
  1. (simile) to come as a complete surprise; to be a complete shock
    Sense id: en-caer_como_un_baldado_de_agua_fría-es-verb-C8bspTWB Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header, Spanish similes

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