There’s only one boss. The guy in charge has the last word.

A nonsensical phrase that means that a person talks a lot without actually ever saying anything.

Always room for one more, The more the merrier. Affirmation that an unexpected guest is well received.

God works in mysterious ways. Although we as humans do not always understand what God is doing, he has his reasons, and for that we should accept what has happened.

Good luck!. Wishes luck to someone; guarapo is a drink made from the syrup of different fruits or sugarcane, mixed with ice.

God punishes because it is what they deserved. He does not take things away from people for no reason.

God does not help bad people

Made for each other. This phrase is used when you see two people together and you don’t like either one, they are made for each other or deserve each other.

God helps those that help themselves. A person that works to overcome his own problems will be helped along by God. This implies that a person that sits around and waits for solutions to be handed to them by others, will not be in God’s good graces.

God giveth and god taketh away. Phrase used as an explanation for something bad or negative that has happened in a person’s life, for example the death of a loved one.

God judges everyone equally

The Lord works in mysterious ways. The idea that, although God may allow someone to suffer, he will not permit it to reach a level of desperation.

This phrase applies to anyone that brags a lot. It’s meaning is that by looking at what grand comments someone makes about themselves, you can tell where their faults are.

A man is known by the company he keeps. A person’s friends are often a good indicator of who that person is.

According to the latest gossip. This phrase attempts to downplay a person’s own tendency to gossip. The phrase is often shortened as “Dicen las malas lenguas“.

It does not make sense to fill a person’s needs by taking what the first person lacks away from a second person, depriving the second person of what the first now has. The literal translation is to “undress a saint to dress another”.

The calm after the storm.

Phrase used when a really ugly guy is with a gorgeous woman.

Pass the buck. It seems that there is always an excuse, to avoid being blamed or taking responsibility for something.

Implies that a person may be promising something that he/she cannot complete. It is a long way from what he/she says to what he/she can deliver.

When a person suffers a humiliating situation, he/she often becomes the target of other negative situations

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.

To play dumb or pretend to be injured so everyone else does the work

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.