bark worse than one's bite(be sharp-tongued but not malicious)

impressive-looking(be noble and dignified in apperance)

When you drink water; think of its source.

auf ein zufǎlliges Unglück vorbereitet sein

become good friends after brief contact

catch somebody's eyes(to attract somebody's attention; noticeable; conspicuous; strike the eye; spectecular)

für den Rest meines Lebens geschǎftlich behindert sein

a life and death struggle (idiom); lit. either the fish dies or the net splits

give oneself a shake and change into another form

endless

be severe with oneself

like mushrooms after rain

lush

haunting spectre(the ghost inexorably hangs on;the soul refuses to leave)

build up strengeh and store up engery

enjoy great popularity among the people

to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)

be produced of itself

blame fate and other people

be for away and not within the foreseeable future