The Why of Fry

A fixed reflexive phrase meaning to handle a situation on one's own, often despite difficulties. Not derivable from the individual words alone.

Fixed idiomatic expression used when effort finally produces a positive outcome. Very common in both spoken and written Latin American Spanish.

Literally 'piece of meat', used here as a rough or darkly humorous form of address toward someone being treated as insignificant. The insult lies in the dehumanizing framing, not the individual words.

While literally 'to cover up', in colloquial use it implies a corrupt or informal agreement to ignore wrongdoing, especially by someone in authority. The transactional undertone is non-compositional.