what does "A mi me la pela el muerto y los cuatro que lo cargan" mean?

Question

this phrase is inscribed in a knife i own..

Welcome to the Forum Shannon. - margaretbl, Jul 22, 2010

Answer 1

I think it's a reference to being able to cheat death, and the four horsemen of the apocolypse that are "in charge" of it. In other words, I can beat death, and the 4 horsemen that run it.

It's a rough translation but the sentiment is there, if i'm correct.

Wow, good, I see it now. Never heard anything like that before! thx - margaretbl, Jul 22, 2010

Answer 2

The previous answer it's wrong.

The text is Mexican slang. I'm Chilean, but I can understand it. "Me la pela(n)" it's very vulgar slang meaning "you/they/it can't touch me, so I don't care what you/they/it do/does", but literaly it means "(it/you/they) strokes my penis".

"El muerto" is the guy you will kill with the knife, and "los cuatro que lo cargan" are his friends or family, that carry his coffin to the cementery.

So it means "I really don't care about the ones I kill, or what their families may do, because they can't touch me" (sounds better in Spanish)