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/Sounds like "AHL" (as in "art") + "AHL" (as in "art") + "bah" (as in "bar")/
Spanish slang for being alert, switched-on, and fully aware of what is going on around you. If you are al alba, you are not about to be fooled or taken advantage of. Eyes wide open at all times.
“Stay sharp, there are people around here who will take your stuff if you are not paying attention.”
“He was not paying attention and got played.”
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/Sounds like "AHL" (as in "art") + "AHL" (as in "art") + "bah" (as in "bar")/
Spanish slang for being alert, switched-on, and fully aware of what is going on around you. If you are al alba, you are not about to be fooled or taken advantage of. Eyes wide open at all times.
“Stay sharp, there are people around here who will take your stuff if you are not paying attention.”
“He was not paying attention and got played.”
Quemarse el foco
In Mexico, to mentally exhaust yourself trying to solve a problem until your brain just gives out with nothing to show for it. The image is a lightbulb that has burned out: it used to illuminate things, now it is just dark.