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/Sounds like "EHL" (as in "egg") + "OH" (as in "oh") + "troh" (as in "troll") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

The border and Chicano term for the other country, meaning the U.S. from Mexico or Mexico from the U.S. "Going to el otro lado" means crossing the border in search of work or a better life.

Examples

My uncle left for the States twenty years ago and never came back.

Over there on the other side you earn in dollars, but everything costs more.

Regional synonyms

In Spain, to have absolutely no clue about a subject, to draw a complete blank. If you are pez at something, that knowledge never made it anywhere near your brain.