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/Sounds like "lees" (as in "lead") + "TEE" (as in "tea") + "yoh" (as in "yoke")/
A know-it-all who loves showing off how smart they are, often without actually being right. The listillo volunteers corrections and opinions nobody asked for, and the irony is that they usually end up proving the opposite of what they intended. Used with a mix of mockery and mild irritation in Mexico and Central America.
“That know-it-all interrupted class to correct the teacher and was completely wrong.”
“Don't pretend to know it all when you don't actually have the facts straight.”
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/Sounds like "lees" (as in "lead") + "TEE" (as in "tea") + "yoh" (as in "yoke")/
A know-it-all who loves showing off how smart they are, often without actually being right. The listillo volunteers corrections and opinions nobody asked for, and the irony is that they usually end up proving the opposite of what they intended. Used with a mix of mockery and mild irritation in Mexico and Central America.
“That know-it-all interrupted class to correct the teacher and was completely wrong.”
“Don't pretend to know it all when you don't actually have the facts straight.”
Quedar en la calle
To lose everything at once: job, money, and home. In Argentina and Uruguay, "quedar en la calle" describes the worst economic fall, a total collapse that leaves someone with nothing. The phrase gained especially heavy weight during the 2001 Argentine financial crisis.