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/Sounds like "LEH" (as in "let") + "FWEH" + "KOH" (as in "coat") + "moh" (as in "more") + "EHN" (as in "egg") + "FEH" (as in "fence") + "ryah"/

Meaning

In Mexico, this means things went really, really badly for someone. They got hit with every consequence at once, no escape, no mercy. The reference to "la feria" (a chaotic open-air market) evokes total disorder where everything goes wrong at the same time.

Examples

Things went completely south for him when the fraud came to light.

He bombed the exam so hard he failed every single section.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de España
Platazo

A public scolding, a dressing-down or embarrassing rebuke in front of others. In Venezuela and the Dominican Republic getting a boche means being called out loud and clear.