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Create account/Sounds like "ehm" (as in "egg") + "poo" (as in "pool") + "HAHR" (as in "hard") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "TEE" (as in "tea") + "greh" (as in "grade")/
In Colombia, to take unnecessary risks or stir up trouble for no good reason, pushing your luck into dangerous territory you have no business being in. The person who "empuja el tigre" is provoking consequences they could easily avoid if they just had the sense to walk away.
“Do not push your luck with that guy, he is dangerous.”
“He keeps poking the bear with what he is doing, it is going to end very badly.”
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In Colombia, to take unnecessary risks or stir up trouble for no good reason, pushing your luck into dangerous territory you have no business being in. The person who "empuja el tigre" is provoking consequences they could easily avoid if they just had the sense to walk away.
“Do not push your luck with that guy, he is dangerous.”
“He keeps poking the bear with what he is doing, it is going to end very badly.”
Pelado
Flat broke, completely tapped out, without a single peso in your pocket. In Colombia and Ecuador, it's the most direct way to say you're at financial zero.