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/Sounds like "peh" (as in "pet") + "GAHR" (as in "garden") + "leh" (as in "let") + "AHL" (as in "art") + "GOHR" (as in "go") + "doh" (as in "door")/

Meaning

To get super lucky, win big, or achieve something that seemed completely impossible. It's hitting life's jackpot, that stroke of luck that changes everything.

Examples

He hit the jackpot with that girlfriend, she's gorgeous and super cool.

You hit the jackpot with that job, the pay is insane.

Regional synonyms
Bandera de Argentina
Bandera de Chile
Pegar el palo

To be the different or problematic member of a group, usually a family, the one who doesn't fit the expected mold. In the Río de la Plata region, the black sheep isn't always wrong, just different from what everyone else wanted them to be.