/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:
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/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: