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/Sounds like "teh" (as in "ten") + "NEHR" (as in "net") + "kohl" (as in "coat") + "MEE" (as in "me") + "yoh" (as in "yoke")/
In Mexico, to have the street smarts and lived experience to not get fooled or taken advantage of. Colmillo is the kind of wisdom life earns you through hard knocks: you know how the world works, and you are not easy to trick.
“A mí no me engañas, ya tengo colmillo para esto.”
“You can't fool me, I have enough colmillo for that.”
“Su abuela tiene mucho colmillo, no la engaña nadie que intente.”
“His grandmother has a lot of colmillo, nobody who tries gets past her.”
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In Mexico, to have the street smarts and lived experience to not get fooled or taken advantage of. Colmillo is the kind of wisdom life earns you through hard knocks: you know how the world works, and you are not easy to trick.
“A mí no me engañas, ya tengo colmillo para esto.”
“You can't fool me, I have enough colmillo for that.”
“Su abuela tiene mucho colmillo, no la engaña nadie que intente.”
“His grandmother has a lot of colmillo, nobody who tries gets past her.”
Estar hasta el cuello
To be neck-deep in a problem, debt, or overwhelming situation with no easy way out. The more you try to get free, the more it pulls you under. Used widely across Spain and Latin America for work overload, debt, or any situation that has fully taken over your life.