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/Sounds like "AH" (as in "art") + "kah" (as in "car") + "BAH" (as in "bar") + "yoh" (as in "yoke") + "reh" (as in "red") + "gah" (as in "garden") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door") + the English word "no" (same pronunciation) + "SEH" (as in "set") + "LEH" (as in "let") + "BEH" (as in "bed") + "kohl" (as in "coat") + "MEE" (as in "me") + "yoh" (as in "yoke")/
When someone gives you something, don't criticize its quality. Be grateful, period, even if it's not what you expected, because generosity always matters more than the object itself.
“The phone isn't the latest model but don't look a gift horse in the mouth.”
“My uncle gave me his old car, can't complain about a gift.”
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/Sounds like "AH" (as in "art") + "kah" (as in "car") + "BAH" (as in "bar") + "yoh" (as in "yoke") + "reh" (as in "red") + "gah" (as in "garden") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door") + the English word "no" (same pronunciation) + "SEH" (as in "set") + "LEH" (as in "let") + "BEH" (as in "bed") + "kohl" (as in "coat") + "MEE" (as in "me") + "yoh" (as in "yoke")/
When someone gives you something, don't criticize its quality. Be grateful, period, even if it's not what you expected, because generosity always matters more than the object itself.
“The phone isn't the latest model but don't look a gift horse in the mouth.”
“My uncle gave me his old car, can't complain about a gift.”
Darle atole con el dedo
To string someone along with empty promises, half-truths, or vague reassurances that keep them pacified without ever resolving the actual problem. A classic Mexican bureaucratic tactic: you leave every conversation feeling like something was said, but nothing was actually done.