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/Sounds like "AH" (as in "art") + "FAHL" (as in "far") + "tah" (as in "tar") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "PAHN" (as in "park") + "tohr" (as in "toll") + "TEE" (as in "tea") + "yahs" (as in "yard")/

Meaning

When you don't have the ideal thing, you make do with what's available and make it work. Mexican ingenuity summed up in a phrase that celebrates the ability to figure things out with whatever you've got.

Examples

No beer but there's tequila, when there's no bread, there's tortillas.

We don't have the budget but we'll make it work.

Regional synonyms

To be left hanging, unsupported, or abandoned in a situation, often when others have deserted or failed to provide assistance.