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/Sounds like "AHL" (as in "art") + "koh" (as in "coat") + "EH" (as in "egg") + "teh" (as in "ten")/
For nothing, in vain, without any result whatsoever. From Argentine lunfardo, possibly from Italian "al cazzo." When effort goes "al cohete," you put in the time, the work, or the wait, and got absolutely nothing back for it.
“I waited two hours for absolutely nothing, they cancelled everything without any warning.”
“All that work was for nothing, they rejected it without even looking at it.”
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For nothing, in vain, without any result whatsoever. From Argentine lunfardo, possibly from Italian "al cazzo." When effort goes "al cohete," you put in the time, the work, or the wait, and got absolutely nothing back for it.
“I waited two hours for absolutely nothing, they cancelled everything without any warning.”
“All that work was for nothing, they rejected it without even looking at it.”
Hacer leña del árbol caído
To pile on someone who is already down, to take advantage of a person in a vulnerable position and make things even worse for them. Used in Spain, Mexico, and Argentina to describe the behavior of people who attack others when they are at their lowest.