TAGALOG IDIOMS
balitang kutsero -- hindi totoong balita | rumor, gossip, false story |
balik-harap -- mabuti sa harapan, taksil
sa likuran |
double-faced person, one who betrays trust |
bantay-salakay -- taong nagbabait-baitan | a person who pretends to be good, opportunist |
bungang-araw -- sakit sa balat | prickly heat (literal=fruit of the sun) |
bungang-tulog -- panaginip | dream (literal=fruit of sleep) |
BALAT | (SKIN) |
balat-sibuyas -- manipis, maramdamin | a sensitive person (literal=onion-skinned) |
balat-kalabaw -- mahina ang pakiramdam,
di agad tinatablan ng hiya |
one who is insensitive; with dense-face
(literal=buffalo-skinned) |
buto't balat -- payat na payat | malnourished (literal=skin-and-bone) |
BIBIG | (MOUTH) |
tulak ng bibig -- salita lamang,
di tunay sa loob |
insincere words (literal=pushed-by-the-mouth) |
dalawa ang bibig -- mabunganga, madaldal |
nagger, talkative person (literal=two-mouthed) |
BITUKA | (INTESTINE) |
halang ang bituka -- salbahe, desperado, hindi
nangingiming pumatay ng tao |
a person with no moral compunction
(literal=with a horizontal intestine) |
mahapdi ang bituka -- nagugutom | a hungry person (literal=sore intestine) |
BULSA | (POUCH/POCKET) |
makapal ang bulsa -- maraming pera | rich, wealthy (literal=with a thick pocket) |
butas ang bulsa -- walang pera | poor (literal=with a hole in the pocket) |
sukat ang bulsa -- marunong gumamit ng
pera, marunong magbayad
at mamahala ng kayamanan |
someone who knows his ability to pay |
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