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/Sounds like "sah" (as in "salsa") + "LEER" (as in "lead") + "rahs" (as in "rapper") + "PAHN" (as in "park") + "doh" (as in "door")/
To barely scrape by, pass by the skin of your teeth, or survive a situation with the minimum possible margin. When you "salís raspando" you made it, but just barely, and everyone knows it was close.
“I barely passed the exam, made it by a single point.”
“He just barely kept his job, they almost fired him.”
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To barely scrape by, pass by the skin of your teeth, or survive a situation with the minimum possible margin. When you "salís raspando" you made it, but just barely, and everyone knows it was close.
“I barely passed the exam, made it by a single point.”
“He just barely kept his job, they almost fired him.”
Gallo
In Chile, a guy who thinks he is fearless and acts like nothing can touch him, often with an edge of machismo or swagger. Someone who postures as tough and never backs down from anything.