To viciously defend oneself. Apparently cats, really come out fighting when they’re on their back.

like father, like son

Like father, like son, The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Children often mimic the behavior of their father.

Human beings are a mixture of different things. At some point a person can be artistic and brilliant while at another time the same person be foolish or do something crazy.

All cats are grey in the dark. At night time, everyone looks the same. This may be used in a sexual sense, meaning that in the dark who cares what your partner looks like.

Hope is what often keeps people thinking of the future, even if it is apparent that they have no future.

Nothing will come of it, A lot of hot air. Used in situations (ex. arguments or heated discussions) that may, at a glance, appear heated or dangerous, but that really will amount to nothing.

Something bad can show up anywhere, can appear from anywhere unexpected

Something bad can show up anywhere, can appear from anywhere unexpected

Phrase used to avoid revealing all the details of a situation, or to maintain something a mystery.

If you give me what you owe me, then I can do the same. For example, bring me your laundry ticket, and I can give you your laundry.

Turbulent people and situations are the easy ones to handle. When a person or situation is calm, reserved or quiet, you may not even know of the problem brewing, and for that reason you must accept that God will help you in those situations.

Short reckonings make long friends. Any time something is borrowed between friends, it is best to give it back (or pay it back) as quickly as possible. This will keep you from losing the friendship.

Phrase used to push someone to share the gossip or the latest news

To share or tell about a situation but at the same time to not reveal the source of the information

Two heads are better than one. It is better to have two people looking at a situation that needs to be analyzed or resolved.

When it rains, it pours. When things start to go wrong, it all happens at once

When one door closes, another one opens. When one opportunity is lost many others appear shortly afterwards, often used to comfort someone that is down because of a recently lost opportunity.

I hear you, I get where you’re coming from. Phrase used by one person to communicate that he/she has been in a similar situation as the second person, and understands what that person is going through.

When things are falling apart, everyone is jumping ship. Often used in reference to a failing business.

The person is a bad apple. Shows a lack of faith in someone, labels him/her as a troublemaker.

Used in situations when something is inevitable

Translated as “When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window”. It is an indirect way of saying that a person’s or couple’s relationship is based more on money than on love. Once the money runs out, the relationship will end.

When a person “hungers” to achieve something, the obstacles and difficulties in the way may be overcome.

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. There must be some truth to the rumor. In response to someone that questions the truth of a rumor. Affirms that more often than not rumors are based, at least partially, in truth.

Where there’s smoke, there’s fire. There must be some truth to the rumor. Used in response to someone that questions the truth of a rumor. Affirms that more often than not rumors are based, at least partially, in truth.

If God does not want something to happen, there is no amount of effort or people that can overcome this.

Once a person works diligently for success and achieves it, the person can rest afterwards.

Bites the hand that feeds him. While you treat someone well and with care, that person turns on you, treating you poorly.

The bee’s knees, To think he’s the bomb, The best thing since sliced bread, God’s gift to women. To believe that you are better than everyone else.