Idioms/Expressions/Slang (El-En)

χρονιαπολλάκιας → person systematically wishing others on their name day or other celebration

Started by spiros

δε πιάνεσαι με τίποτα →

Started by P0waN

μου 'ρθε σαν κεραυνός εν αιθρία → it came like a bolt from the blue, it came from nowhere, I didn't see it coming, it came out of the blue, didn't see that coming, I didn't see that coming

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αυτό είναι δικός μου λογαριασμός → that is my own business, that's my own business, that is my business, that's my business, that's none of your business, that is none of your business

Started by spiros

κολλώ στον τοίχο → outargue, outboast, pin to the wall, nail to the wall, win an argument, floor, stump, flatten out, dumbfound, outboast

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κολλάω στον τοίχο → outargue, outboast, pin to he wall, nail to the wall, win an argument, floor, stump, flatten out, dumbfound, outboast

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τυλίγω σε μια κόλλα χαρτί → drown in lawsuits, inundate with lawsuits, bury in lawsuits, suit the hell out of one, paper whip, pencil-whip, pencil whip

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στους αιώνες των αιώνων → for ever and ever

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στον αιώνα του αιώνος → for ever and ever

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εδώ μου κάθεται → bear a grudge, carry resentment, cherish resentment, hard to swallow, have a grudge, hold a grudge, hold against, hold grudges, I can't stand her, I can't stand him, I don't like her one bit, I don't like him one bit, nurse a grudge, nurture resentment against, stick in one's craw

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τα πολλά λόγια είναι φτώχια → brevity is the best policy | brevity is the soul of wit | less is more | talk is cheap | empty vessels make the most noise | empty vessels make the most sound | fine words butter no parsnips | fish or cut bait | loose lips sink ships | put up or shut up | shit or get off the can | talk is cheap | the least said the sooner mended | words come cheap | least said, soonest mended

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δικό μου μανίκι → my problem, not your problem, my business

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πάω καλιά μου → be a stiff, be no more, bite the big one, bite the biscuit, bite the dust, breathe one's last, buy it, buy the farm, cark it, cash in, cash in one's chips, cease to be, check out, coil up one's ropes, cross over, drop off the perch, enter Abraham's bosom, enter the grave, fall off the perch, get a packet, give one's all, go back to the essence, go belly up, go belly-up, go the way of all flesh, go to a better place, go to glory, go to meet one's maker, go to one's grave, go to one's reward, go west, hand in one's checks, hand in one's cheques, hand in one's chips

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γίνομαι λαγός → beetle off, book out, do a runner, hare off, make like a baby and head out, make like a banana and leave, make like a banana and split, make like a tree and leave, make like a tree and split

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είσαι με τα σωστά σου → are you crazy, are you in your right mind, are you nuts, have you lost your mind, what is the matter with you, what is wrong with you, what the hell is the matter with you, what the hell is with you, what the hell is wrong with you, what the hell were you thinking, what were you thinking

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είσαι με τα καλά σου → are you crazy, are you in your right mind, are you nuts, have you lost your mind, what is the matter with you, what is wrong with you, what the hell is the matter with you, what the hell is with you, what the hell is wrong with you, what the hell were you thinking, what were you thinking

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κάνω το ξίδι γλυκάδι → gold plate, sugarcoat, gild, gild the pill, sugarcoat the pill, whitewash

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βαφτίζω το κρέας ψάρι → distort the truth, gold plate, sugarcoat, gild, gild the pill, sugarcoat the pill, whitewash

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να μας γράψεις → don't bet on that | we'll see about that | wishful thinking | rest assured | you wish | yeah right | yeah, right | if wishes were horses, beggars would ride | dream on | keep telling yourself that | in a pig's eye | in a pig's arse | I'll be damned | I'll be a monkey's uncle | I'll be a son of a bitch | I'll be a son of a gun | I'll be blowed | I'll be bound | I'll be buggered | I'll be damned | I'll be danged | I'll be darned | I'll be dashed | I'll be dipped | I'll be dipped in shit | I'll be hanged | I'll be hornswoggled | I'll be jiggered | I'll be shot

Started by P0waN

να μυρίσω τα δάχτυλά μου → should I consult the oracle, how am I supposed to know, am I supposed to read your mind, am I supposed to read your thoughts, how the hell should I know

Started by spiros