TAGALOG LANG Did you know that Tagalog Lang translates as "Tagalog Only" in Tagalog?

makapal ang mukha
thick face (thick-skinned to criticism)


tengang kawali
frying-pan ears (pretending to be deaf)

utak-biya
fish-brained (brainless)


matigas ang ulo
hard-headed (stubborn)


magsunog ng kilay
burn eyebrows (study hard = burn the midnight oil)


matang-lawin
hawk-eye (keen-eyed = have very good vision)


magdilang anghel
to have the tongue of an angel (to have a spoken wish come true)


matigas ang leeg
hard-necked (inflexible neck = snobbish)


makati ang paa
itchy feet (roams about, does not stay in one place)


balat-sibuyas
onion-skinned (having a sensitive, touchy personality)


nagbabatak ng buto
pulls one's bones (physically working hard)


kumukulo ang dugo
boiling blood (very angry)