Idioms/Expressions/Slang (El-En)

μοναχός σου χόρευε και όσο θέλεις πήδα → he travels fastest who travels alone, dance to the beat of your own drum

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εν καμίνω → in the furnace

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καλό παράδεισο → rest among the angels, rest with the angels, sleep in heavenly peace, rest in peace (RIP), may you find peace in the afterlife, may your soul be at peace, may you find eternal rest

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παίρνω άδεια από τη σημαία → be absent without permission, be absent without leave, be AWOL

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κορωνόβιο γήρας → ripe old age

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το έχει σύστημα → he can't help it, she can't help it, he does it all the time, she does it all the time, typical behaviour, typical behavior, it's one of his habits, it's one of her habits, it's his standard MO, it's her standard MO

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δίκωλη καυκιά → two-faced, two-faced bitch, two-faced scumbag, double-faced, Janus-faced, hypocritical

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δίκωλο πινάκι → two-faced, two-faced bitch, two-faced scumbag, double-faced, Janus-faced, hypocritical

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Κυριακή κοντή γιορτή → any day now, any time now, it is round the corner, it won't be long now, it's coming, it's not far away, nearly time now, wait and see, wait for it, we're almost there

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γνωστοί άγνωστοι → usual suspects, unidentified persons who are well known to the authorities, masked rioters

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μετέστη εις τας αιωνίους μονάς → moved into eternal dwellings, moved into everlasting habitations, passed away, moved to an eternal dwelling in the heavens

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πέφτει πιστολίδι → there's shooting, there's an exchange of gunfire, shots are being fired

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πράττω τα δέοντα → do the right thing, do one's duty, do the decent thing, do what one has to do

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νικάω κατά κράτος → beat all hollow, beat hollow, beat the daylight out of, beat the daylights out of, beat the pants off, beat the piss out of, beat the snot out of, beat the tar out of, beat to a pulp, blow out of the water, crush, deliver a crushing defeat, eat face, eat someone for breakfast, eat someone's lunch, give a kicking, give a thrashing, kick ass, knock the living daylights out of, lick the pants off of, lower the boom on, make mincemeat out of, make rings round, murdelize, pulverize, rout, thrash, triumph against, triumph over, trounce, wipe the floor with

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παίρνω φαλάγγι → put to flight, crush, beat all hollow, beat hollow, beat the daylight out of, beat the daylights out of, beat the pants off, beat the piss out of, beat the snot out of, beat the tar out of, beat to a pulp, blow out of the water, crush, deliver a crushing defeat, eat face, eat someone for breakfast, eat someone's lunch, give a kicking, give a thrashing, kick ass, knock the living daylights out of, lick the pants off of, lower the boom on, make mincemeat out of, make rings round, murdelize, pulverize, rout, thrash, triumph against, triumph over, trounce, wipe the floor with

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μπυρογνώμονας → beer expert

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στο δοξαπατρί → right between the eyes, between the eyes, dead between the eyes, right on bull's eye, point blank, right in the head, right between the eyebrows, right in the forehead, in the middle of the head

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ο σιωπών δοκεί συναινείν → he who is silent is taken to agree, he who is silent is understood to consent, silence implies consent

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με έχει πιάσει πρεμούρα → have got the jitters, have the jitters, have a wild hair up one's ass, can't wait, have no time to wait, be anxious, be impatient, be overanxious, be in a hurry, be restless, can't help it, can't wait, get all anxious

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μπιζ μπιζέ → innermost circle, inner circle, close friends only

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