Más perdido....

Question

This past weekend I came across a delightful new little idiom I had not heard before. I thought it was hilarious, and I just submitted to the phrasebook.

While it gets checked and approved, who'd like to have a shot at guessing what it means?

Context: I was with a group in a park performing an activity that required some concentration.

After a while, doing a break, someone said:

"¡Ay no! ¡Estoy más perdida que un juey bizco!

What is the translation for the phrase, and what did she mean?

Answer 1

I'm more lost than a cross-eyed crab

You can find this expression in this book

I saw it in a similar book for sale on Puerto Rican sayings. - 0074b507, May 24, 2010

You've got it. "Juey" is Crab in Puerto Rico. Nicely done! - Gekkosan, May 24, 2010

Go figure! - 005faa61, May 25, 2010

Answer 2

I'm more lost than a cross-eyed ox.

¡Ja, ja! "Juey", no "Buey" :-) - Gekkosan, May 24, 2010

"Juey" is probably a mispelling of "Guey," which as you know is a Mexican slang word that comes from "Buey." - 005faa61, May 24, 2010

Or a mispronunciation at its origin. - 005faa61, May 24, 2010

Answer 3

I don't know if I'm coming or going. (Ben Turpin's favorite saying )

That's what it means, all right. - Gekkosan, May 24, 2010

Answer 4

Could juey be güey? In that case, it would be, "Oh no! I'm more lost than a cross-eyed fool!"

Nope, it is "Juey" - Gekkosan, May 24, 2010

Oh, it's a carribean crab! So, I'm more cross-eyed than a crab! I get it! - 004851b3, May 24, 2010

Answer 5

It looks to me like she said "Oh no! I'm more lost than a squinting ????" meaning she is now totally confused, but I can't wait to hear what a juey is.

Ah, buey. - Yeser007, May 24, 2010

No! It is *not* a buey! Something entirely different! - Gekkosan, May 24, 2010

Answer 6

"Juey" is a crab and "bizco" is cross-eyed. I guess that you heard that from a Puerto Rican. That is a common expression in Puerto Rico meaning that you have no idea of what is going on. In the particular context you heard she probably meant that she was not able to concentrate enough to perform the activity and she was lost.

interesting! - Nise, Jul 8, 2010

Exactly right. :-) - Gekkosan, Jul 9, 2010