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/Sounds like "pay" (as in "pay") + "NAHR" (as in "nacho") + "KAH" (as in "car") + "nahs" (as in "nacho")/
To be older and experienced, with years of wisdom to show for it. The image is of someone whose hair has turned gray from all they have lived through. When someone has been "peining canas" in a field, you listen to them.
“Listen to him, he's been in that business for years and knows it inside out.”
“When you're older you'll understand what I'm telling you.”
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/Sounds like "pay" (as in "pay") + "NAHR" (as in "nacho") + "KAH" (as in "car") + "nahs" (as in "nacho")/
To be older and experienced, with years of wisdom to show for it. The image is of someone whose hair has turned gray from all they have lived through. When someone has been "peining canas" in a field, you listen to them.
“Listen to him, he's been in that business for years and knows it inside out.”
“When you're older you'll understand what I'm telling you.”
Quedar como el perro de las dos tortas
Mexican expression for ending up with nothing by trying to grab two things at once and refusing to let go of either. Whoever fails to decide in time loses everything. Equivalent to "the dog who chased two rabbits caught neither."