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/Sounds like "koh" (as in "coat") + "MEHR" (as in "met") + "seh" (as in "set") + "OON" (as in "Uber") + "KAH" (as in "car") + "bleh" (as in "blend")/

Meaning

To be in serious financial trouble with no way out in Venezuela. Comerse un cable means you're truly struggling, barely getting by, and holding on by a thread.

Examples

I'm really struggling this month, I don't have enough for anything.

He's been barely scraping by since the company shut down.

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Regional synonyms

A phrase used to doubt whether someone will actually follow through on what they said, or to gently dare them to prove it. Not aggressive, just friendly skepticism from someone who knows the other person pretty well and has seen this before.