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Bandera de México

/ye-VAR-se de kor-BA-ta/

To get swept up in someone else's mess — dragged into a problem by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The person 'de corbata' didn't look for the trouble — the trouble found them.

Example

"I got tangled up in that fight and it wasn't even mine."

"The scandal from his boss took him down too."

Regional synonyms:

Divertirse o tener un buen momento en México. Cuando todo sale bien y la experiencia es tan buena que quieres repetirla al día siguiente porque la vida se siente perfecta en ese instante.