sa baba sa buaya
“sa baba sa buaya” is a Cebuano word. Its 2 meanings in English:
phrase
- The hypothetical or highly inaccessible location of a payment, salary, government aid, or cash transfer that is missing, severely delayed, or likely pocketed by corrupt hands. It refers to funds that are technically approved or promised but are virtually impossible to retrieve because they are stuck deep within a corrupt system.
- A state of being completely unrecoverable; gone for good. Used to describe personal loans or items lent out to sketchy people who have absolutely no intention of returning them.
Etymology
From baba (“mouth”), sa (“of the”), and buaya (“crocodile”). Literally: "Inside the mouth of a crocodile."
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