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To get emotionally stuck on someone, unable to stop thinking about them even when you should move on. It's when someone lives rent-free in your head and you can't evict them no matter how hard you try.
“He got hung up on his ex and can't move on with his life.”
“Don't get caught up on someone who doesn't even care about you.”
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/Sounds like "ehn" (as in "egg") + "rohs" (as in "row") + "KAHR" (as in "car")/
To get emotionally stuck on someone, unable to stop thinking about them even when you should move on. It's when someone lives rent-free in your head and you can't evict them no matter how hard you try.
“He got hung up on his ex and can't move on with his life.”
“Don't get caught up on someone who doesn't even care about you.”
Poner paños fríos
To calm down a tense situation before it escalates further. The phrase comes from the literal use of cold damp cloths to bring down a fever, and in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay it applies to any conflict at work, in the family, or among friends where someone steps in to lower the temperature.