7. 18 PICTURESQUE KAPAMPANGAN EXPRESSIONS

1. ALANG BUSBUS A BUTUL, (“No hole in the bones”) Meaning: the person is hard, inflexible, shameless. "

2. BALBAL A MALUTU, (“cracked egg”) Meaning: A person is unreasonable.

3. KUKULUG A BUNTUK, (“head shakes and rattles”), Meaning: unsteady mind.

4. LAKAD EMA, (“crab walk”), Meaning: suspicious walk

5. MABASA PAPIL (“wet paper”), to ruin one’s honor or reputation

6. MABURAK A BITIS, ( “muddied feet”) Meaning: poor

7. MAIMPIS A LABI, (“thin lips”), Meaning: a person cannot be trusted with a secret. 

8. MAKABA IKI, ("long tail"), Meaning: protracted tantrum, exagerrated dependence on parents.

9. MAKABAKLE KALADUA (“soul askew”), Meaning: evil person

10. MAKLAK A BUNTUK (“deaf head”), Meaning: Dull

11. MARAGUL A TAKLA, (“oversized stool”), Meaning: boastful

 12. MARIMLA GAMAT, (“cool hands”), Meaning: good nursing skills, green thumb

13. MASYAS A BATAL (“hard neck”), Meaning: proud and boastful

14. MATULING A DAYA, (“black blood"), Meaning: evil person

15. MELABNO UTAK (“brain becomes watery”), Meaning: dazed by noise.

16. MENGAMATE SINULAD ("dead threads"), Meaning: untidy-looking

17. MITDA KA BALAT (“skin burns out”), Meaning: you’re dead, you’re going to get it!

18. TINUAG NA ING SABO (“spilled the soup”) Meaning: costly mistake