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/Sounds like "DAHR" (as in "dart") + "leh" (as in "let") + "ROHS" (as in "row") + "kah" (as in "car")/

Meaning

To overthink something, dwell on it, and keep turning it over in your head until it eats you alive. It's when you can't stop obsessing over a situation that you should've let go of ages ago.

Examples

Don't dwell on what they said, it's not worth it.

She's been overthinking the situation and driving herself crazy.

In Argentina and Uruguay lunfardo, a trick, knack, or insider technique for getting something done that looks effortless once you know it. The kind of practical wisdom someone shows you once and you never forget.