less is more = weniger ist mehr he is familiar with s.th. = er ist vertraut mit etwas You can look up the second on Pons (dictionary), 2nd meaning: http://de.pons.com/%C3%BCbersetzung?q=familiar&l=deen&in=&lf=de You can find the first one on linguee, though you have to look a bit, as many translations keep it as a slogan: http://www.linguee.de/deutsch-englisch/search?source=auto&query=less+more I don't know what the third one is supposed to mean in English, can you give some context?

that is so good. thank you for your help, Christina. ^^

"Fire back up fire" is like your own poison that you use to kill the others kills you. Wer andern eine Grube gräbt, fällt selbst hinein.

Danke sehr! i will look them up.

deen.dict.cc is good for idioms.