agaw-buhay -- naghihingalo between life and death (literal=life about to be snatched away) anak-pawis

-- magsasaka; manggagawa farmer; laborer; blue-collar worker anak-dalita -- mahirap poor alilang-
kanin -- utusang walang sweldo, pagkain lang house-help with no income, provided with food and
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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 BUTO (BONE) nagbabatak ng buto
-- nagtatrabaho ng higit sa kinakailangan one who works hard matigas ang buto -- malakas a strong
person kidlat sa bilis -- napakabilis exceedingly fast kusang palo -- sariling sipag initiative KAMAY
(HAND) mabigat ang kamay -- tamad magtrabaho a lazy person (literal=heavy-handed person) magaan
ang kamay -- madaling manuntok, manapok, manakit one who easily hits another person, easily
provoked (literal=light-handed person) mabilis ang kamay -- mandurukot a snatcher, pickpocket
(literal=fast-handed) malikot ang kamay -- kumukuha ng hindi kanya one who has the habit of stealing
things (literal=listless hand) di makabasag-pinggan -- mahinhin a very demure, prim-and-proper  person
(literal=someone who can't break a plate) di mahulugang-karayom -- maraming tao overcrowded place
(literal=where one cannot throw a pin) DIBDIB (CHEST/HEART) pag-iisang dibdib -- kasal wedding
(literal=to be of one heart) kabiyak ng dibdib -- asawa spouse (literal=the other half of the heart) daga sa
dibdib -- takot worry, fear (literal=mouse in the chest) nagbukas ng dibdib -- nagtapat na nais pakasalan
ang kasintahan a man who proposed marriage (literal=opened his heart) DILA (TONGUE) bulaklak ng
dila -- pagpapalabis sa katotohanan exaggeration (literal=flower of the tongue) magdilang anghel --
magkatotoo sana to wish that what has been said will come true makati ang dila -- madaldal, mapunahin
talkative person (literal = one with itchy tongue) matalas ang dila -- masakit mangusap one who talks
offensively (literal = sharp-tongued person) maanghang ang dila -- bastos magsalita a vulgar person
(literal = spicy-tongued person) matamis ang dila -- mahusay mangusap, bolero a fast talker (literal =
sweet-tongued person) kaututang dila -- katsismisan a gossip (literal = farting tongue) sanga-sangang
dila -- sinungaling a liar may krus ang dila -- nakapanghihimatong one who could foretell an event
DUGO (BLOOD) kumukulo ang dugo -- naiinis, nasusuklam a person who hates somebody
(literal=boiling blood) magaan ang dugo -- madaling makapalagayan ng loob a person with whom one
gets along easily (literal=light-blood) maitim ang dugo -- salbahe, tampalasan an evil or bad person
(literal=dark-blooded)