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/Sounds like "sah" (as in "salsa") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "meh" (as in "met")/
A dumb, ridiculous person who does absurd things without realizing it in Argentina. It's a light, almost affectionate insult comparing someone to a sausage: harmless but makes it clear they didn't think it through.
“Don't be a salame, that's not how you do it.”
“That salame believed the lie.”
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/Sounds like "sah" (as in "salsa") + "LAH" (as in "lava") + "meh" (as in "met")/
A dumb, ridiculous person who does absurd things without realizing it in Argentina. It's a light, almost affectionate insult comparing someone to a sausage: harmless but makes it clear they didn't think it through.
“Don't be a salame, that's not how you do it.”
“That salame believed the lie.”
Darle atole con el dedo
To string someone along with empty promises, half-truths, or vague reassurances that keep them pacified without ever resolving the actual problem. A classic Mexican bureaucratic tactic: you leave every conversation feeling like something was said, but nothing was actually done.