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/Sounds like "AH" (as in "art") + "OH" (as in "oh") + "hoh" (as in "hope") + "DEH" (as in "debt") + "BWEHN" + "koo" (as in "cool") + "BEH" (as in "bed") + "roh" (as in "row")/

Meaning

To estimate or measure something by eye alone, using experience instead of instruments. A very common phrase in Mexico for cooking, construction, or dividing anything without precise numbers.

Examples

I don't weigh the flour, I just eyeball it and it always turns out fine.

He eyeballed how much paint was missing.

Regional synonyms

A person who neither studies nor works. An acronym from ni-ni (neither-nor) used to describe unemployed youth with no occupation, usually in a critical tone. It's a recognized social phenomenon in Mexico and Spain.