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/Sounds like "teh" (as in "ten") + "NEHR" (as in "net") + "EHN" (as in "egg") + "treh" (as in "tread") + "OH" (as in "oh") + "hohs" (as in "hope")/

Meaning

To have it in for someone, to carry a grudge or strong dislike that settled in early on and simply will not go away. You cannot always explain where it started, but something about that person just rubs you the wrong way from day one. Used across Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Examples

Me tiene entre ojos desde que llegué sin ninguna razón. (He's had it in for me since I arrived and I still don't know why.)

Yo también lo tengo entre ojos, no le creo nada. (I don't trust that guy either, something just feels off.)

Regional synonyms
Bandera de México
Bandera de Colombia
Bandera de Perú
Caer gordo

To snitch on someone, rat them out to the authorities or the boss about what they did wrong. Being a soplón is one of the most socially punished things, nobody likes a tattletale.