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/Sounds like "ah" (as in "art") + "SEHR" (as in "set") + "seh" (as in "set") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "GWAH" (as in "Guam") + "heh" (as in "help")/

Meaning

To act dumb or pretend not to know something, often to avoid responsibility or get out of a situation. This phrase is a colloquialism used in Mexico to describe someone who is faking ignorance.

Examples

Don't act dumb, I already know what happened.

He acted dumb to avoid paying his share.

To be stuck in an undefined situation with no resolution in sight. In Spain and the Dominican Republic, "estar en el limbo" describes anyone waiting on a decision, answer, or change that simply never seems to arrive. The name comes from the theological concept of a place between heaven and hell.