Noun
An orthopterous insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera.
Source: Webster's dictionaryHow little it takes to make life unbearable: a pebble in the shoe, a cockroach in the spaghetti, a woman's laugh. H. L. Mencken
There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of his religious beliefs. Such a society is like a cockroach - it thrives in the dark. So do those who combine for such an end. William Howard Taft
The Alien is gross, scary. There is something in a human being that looks at them and sees it as a cockroach. You can never feel nurturing towards the cockroach. Sanaa Lathan
In a court of fowls, the cockroach never wins his case. Rwandan Proverb
When cockroach get in a trouble, him well glad fe fun go hide a fowl-house. Jamaican Proverb
Cockroach neber so drunk him walk a fowl yard. Jamaican Proverb