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Hi, could you please explain the meaning or present a similar idiom/saying for:
"Friendship ends when the master starts throwing the pots around"

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Re: Idioms

I've not heard that used, but the meaning would be that when someone in charge starts getting angry a shouting, relationships turn sour.

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