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/Sounds like "eh" (as in "egg") + "CHAHR" (as in "chat") + "seh" (as in "set") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "MWEHR" + "toh" (as in "toll")/
To be blamed for something you did not do, to be made the scapegoat while everyone else walks away clean. In Mexico, the person who gets "echado el muerto" ends up paying for everyone else's mistakes without having had anything to do with them.
“They blamed me for the failed project when I had no part in it.”
“Don't pin this on me, I had nothing to do with it.”
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To be blamed for something you did not do, to be made the scapegoat while everyone else walks away clean. In Mexico, the person who gets "echado el muerto" ends up paying for everyone else's mistakes without having had anything to do with them.
“They blamed me for the failed project when I had no part in it.”
“Don't pin this on me, I had nothing to do with it.”
Irse al chancho
To go overboard, lose control, or completely exceed all reasonable limits. In Chile when someone goes al chancho they've blown past every acceptable boundary in the situation.