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/Sounds like "poh" (as in "port") + "NEHR" (as in "net") + "leh" (as in "let") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "OH" (as in "oh") + "hoh" (as in "hope")/
To have your eye on something or someone with envy, suspicion, or bad intentions. It implies a kind of covetous watching, wanting what someone else has or eyeing it with intent to take it. Used across Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Venezuela.
“Someone has their eye on your business, watch out.”
“She has been eyeing that apartment and now she is trying to take it.”
/Sounds like "poh" (as in "port") + "NEHR" (as in "net") + "leh" (as in "let") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "OH" (as in "oh") + "hoh" (as in "hope")/
To have your eye on someone with romantic interest or desire, sizing them up as a potential conquest.
“I have had my eye on that guy since he arrived.”
“Everyone knows you have been eyeing him, it is pretty obvious.”
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/Sounds like "poh" (as in "port") + "NEHR" (as in "net") + "leh" (as in "let") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "OH" (as in "oh") + "hoh" (as in "hope")/
To have your eye on something or someone with envy, suspicion, or bad intentions. It implies a kind of covetous watching, wanting what someone else has or eyeing it with intent to take it. Used across Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Chile, and Venezuela.
“Someone has their eye on your business, watch out.”
“She has been eyeing that apartment and now she is trying to take it.”
/Sounds like "poh" (as in "port") + "NEHR" (as in "net") + "leh" (as in "let") + "EHL" (as in "egg") + "OH" (as in "oh") + "hoh" (as in "hope")/
To have your eye on someone with romantic interest or desire, sizing them up as a potential conquest.
“I have had my eye on that guy since he arrived.”
“Everyone knows you have been eyeing him, it is pretty obvious.”
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No tiene madre
Something shameless, outrageous, or completely over any acceptable limit. In Mexico when something "no tiene madre" there is a mix of disbelief and indignation. The phrase is a strong expression of moral outrage at behavior that crosses every line.