Chile
All expressions
Chile
All expressions
To tell someone to leave or get out of your life, often in a forceful but polite manner. In the Spanish-speaking world, it's a way of saying 'no' without being rude.
To kill two birds with one stone: solving two problems or achieving two goals with a single action. It is the art of efficiency taken to its maximum expression, and the person who pulls it off always feels like a strategic genius.
To mentally prepare oneself to face a difficult situation with courage and without complaining. In Latin America, it's a sign of bravery and determination.
In Chile, a teenager or young adult in secondary school, someone in the stage between childhood and adulthood where everything seems urgent. Today's teenagers are incomprehensible to the previous generation.
A monumental social slip-up or an extremely embarrassing situation from which there's no dignified exit. Such a blunder is remembered for years.