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/Sounds like "hah" (as in "hard") + "LAHR" (as in "lava") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "RYEHN" + "dah" (as in "dart")/
To rein someone in, put firm limits on behavior that is getting out of hand, or pull yourself together before things spiral. In Mexico and Colombia, the horseback metaphor applies equally to checking someone else and to self-control in a situation going off the rails.
“Le jalaron la rienda antes de que cometiera un error que no tuviera solución.”
“They reined him in before he made a mistake with no way to fix it.”
“Ya es hora de que te jales la rienda y reconsideres ese plan.”
“It's time to pull yourself together and rethink that plan.”
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/Sounds like "hah" (as in "hard") + "LAHR" (as in "lava") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "RYEHN" + "dah" (as in "dart")/
To rein someone in, put firm limits on behavior that is getting out of hand, or pull yourself together before things spiral. In Mexico and Colombia, the horseback metaphor applies equally to checking someone else and to self-control in a situation going off the rails.
“Le jalaron la rienda antes de que cometiera un error que no tuviera solución.”
“They reined him in before he made a mistake with no way to fix it.”
“Ya es hora de que te jales la rienda y reconsideres ese plan.”
“It's time to pull yourself together and rethink that plan.”
Hacer la cimarra
To skip school without permission in Chile, the most practiced student sport for entire generations. When the sun shines brighter than the chalkboard and the park calls louder than the teacher.