Idioms/Expressions/Slang (El-En)

μεριμνά και τυρβάζη περί πολλά → is worried and bothered about so many things, is careful and troubled about many things, is worried and upset about many things, has a finger in every pie

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έχω κάτι βάρος στη συνείδησή μου → have on one's conscience, have it on one's conscience

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έπαιξα και το τελευταίο μου χαρτί → have played one's last card

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μάζευε κι ας είν' και ρώγες → every little helps, every little bit helps

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ας είναι καλά το γινάτι σου → OK have it your own way then

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για ποιον χτυπάει η καμπάνα → for whom the bell tolls, who's next in line, who's next for the chop

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τα παράπονά σου στον δήμαρχο → go tell it to the judge, tell it to the judge

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βρέχει ο Θεός με τα σταμνιά → it rains cats and dogs, the heavens have opened up

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σε δέκατα του δευτερολέπτου → in a split second

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ξύνω τα νύχια μου για καβγά → be itching for a fight, be spoiling for a fight, ask for trouble, be on the warpath, have a bug up one's ass, have a chip on one's shoulder, have a roach up one's ass, keep one's fists up, be prompt to take offense, trail one's coat, be asking for it

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ουδείς ασφαλέστερος εχθρός του ευεργετηθέντος αχαρίστου → no good deed goes unpunished | a patron hath no surer foes, than those who, helped, no thanks bestow | no good deed ever goes unpunished | eaten bread is soon forgotten | no good deed will go unpunished

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ουδείς ασφαλέστερος εχθρός του ευεργετηθέντος → no good deed goes unpunished | a patron hath no surer foes, than those who, helped, no thanks bestow | no good deed ever goes unpunished | eaten bread is soon forgotten | no good deed will go unpunished

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τον γάιδαρο, όσο και να τον στολίσεις, άλογο δεν γίνεται → you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear, you can't polish a turd

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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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