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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "NEE" (as in "knee") + "yah" (as in "yard")/
A very skinny person, especially one with stick-thin legs. In Venezuela and Colombia, "canilla" is a vivid, slightly teasing way to describe someone with a lean build. The image is of a leg that looks like a little rod. Usually said with affection rather than cruelty.
“That beanpole can't even carry his backpack, someone needs to feed him.”
“He used to be super skinny but now after the gym he's a different person.”
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/Sounds like "kah" (as in "car") + "NEE" (as in "knee") + "yah" (as in "yard")/
A very skinny person, especially one with stick-thin legs. In Venezuela and Colombia, "canilla" is a vivid, slightly teasing way to describe someone with a lean build. The image is of a leg that looks like a little rod. Usually said with affection rather than cruelty.
“That beanpole can't even carry his backpack, someone needs to feed him.”
“He used to be super skinny but now after the gym he's a different person.”
Pasarse de listo
To try to be too clever or sneaky and have it backfire. The person who pasarse de listo overestimates their own cunning, tries to pull a fast one, and ends up worse off than if they had just been straight from the start. Classic case of outsmarting yourself.