Episode 1

Literally means 'stiff' or 'rigid', but in everyday speech it means having no money at all. Also used literally to describe a corpse, which creates dark-comic potential in a funeral home context.

A fixed expression meaning to come together and support one another as a team or group. The literal image of a pineapple (its segments packed tightly) gives the sense of unity.

Used to express that something has been wasted, destroyed, or abandoned. Can also be an exclamation dismissing something or someone. Stronger in tone than its translation suggests but stops short of being vulgar.

A fixed resigned phrase meaning the speaker has no alternative but to accept or do something. Often said with a sigh. The literal meaning 'what remedy' gives no clue to this use.

Literally 'to pull from', but used figuratively to mean relying on or making use of something available, such as a personal quality, a contact, or a stored resource.

A set phrase used to lament someone who died or suffered misfortune while still young or at their peak. Literally 'in the flower of life'.

The verb 'rascar' literally means to scratch, but in commercial or negotiating contexts it means to squeeze or extract the maximum possible from a deal or situation.

An exclamation expressing surprise or satisfaction at an impressive result or unexpected fact. Literally 'take that chestnut'. Used to emphasise a striking number or outcome.

Literally 'to be blocked', but in conversational use it describes the state of being mentally stuck and unable to think of a solution or idea, not a physical obstruction.