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/Sounds like "choo" (as in "choose") + "PAHR" (as in "park") + "DEHL" (as in "debt") + "BOH" (as in "boat") + "teh" (as in "ten")/
To leech off shared resources or public funds without contributing anything. In Spain, chupar del bote imagines draining a communal pot: the politicians and career bureaucrats who help themselves to public money while doing nothing useful are the most common targets of this phrase.
“That politician has been living off public funds for years.”
“Don't complain about the system if all you do is leech off it.”
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To leech off shared resources or public funds without contributing anything. In Spain, chupar del bote imagines draining a communal pot: the politicians and career bureaucrats who help themselves to public money while doing nothing useful are the most common targets of this phrase.
“That politician has been living off public funds for years.”
“Don't complain about the system if all you do is leech off it.”
Muérgano
In Venezuela, a wicked or mean-spirited person who hurts others on purpose and without remorse. The "muérgano" is the kind of person who does evil with a smile.