Idioms/Expressions/Slang (El-En)

πλοίο της αγάπης → love boat, garbage truck

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λέω δυο καλά λόγια → put in a good word for

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βγάζω την κόκκινη κάρτα → show the red card, give the red card, red-card

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βγάζω κόκκινη κάρτα → show the red card, give the red card, red-card

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κάνω καλά → beat, control, deal with, discipline, do a pretty good job, handle, heal, make well, manage, overpower, subdue

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πιάνω στ' αγκίστρι μου → hook, catch

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τσατάκιας → chatter

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κάνω τον σταυρό μου → cross myself, cross oneself, make the sign of the cross, keep my fingers crossed, keep one's fingers crossed

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έρχομαι σε γάμο → get married, marry, wed, wive, take in marriage

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την μπουμπουνίζω → bang off, blow away, blow one's head off, bust a cap, bust a cap in someone's ass, bust caps, give one lead poisoning, hose down, lead down, let have it, pop a cap, pop off, pop the glock, put the blast on, shoot, shoot in the face, shoot the daylights out of, snap a cap, spark it up, spark metal, take a crack it, turn on the heat

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την αστράφτω → bang off, blow away, blow one's head off, bust a cap, bust a cap in someone's ass, bust caps, give one lead poisoning, hose down, lead down, let have it, pop a cap, pop off, pop the glock, put the blast on, shoot, shoot in the face, shoot the daylights out of, snap a cap, spark it up, spark metal, take a crack it, turn on the heat

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την ανάβω → bang off, blow away, blow one's head off, bust a cap, bust a cap in someone's ass, bust caps, give one lead poisoning, hose down, lead down, let have it, pop a cap, pop off, pop the glock, put the blast on, shoot, shoot in the face, shoot the daylights out of, snap a cap, spark it up, spark metal, take a crack it, turn on the heat

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έξω βρέχει και χιονίζει κι ο παπάς αρραβωνίζει → business as usual, be not affected by difficulties

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η αλεπού στην τρύπα της δεν χώραγε, κολοκύθια μάζευε → bite off more than one can chew, is more than one can manage, is more than one can endure, above one's pay grade, beyond one's depth, beyond one's pay grade, hit above one's weight, out of one's league, out of your league, punch above one's weight

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γλίτωσα από το στόμα του λύκου → I had a narrow escape, I escaped certain death

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πιάνω στο αγκίστρι μου → hook, catch

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ξέρω απέξω κι ανακατωτά → know inside out, have at one's fingertips, know backwards, know backwards and forwards, know backward and forward, know back to front, know inside and out, know like a book, know like the back of one's hand

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ξέρω απ' έξω κι ανακατωτά → know inside out, have at one's fingertips, know backwards, know backwards and forwards, know backward and forward, know back to front, know inside and out, know like a book, know like the back of one's hand

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απ' έξω και ανακατωτά → inside out, backward and forward, backwards and forwards, backwards, like the back of one's hand, at one's fingertips, back to front, inside and out, like a book, like the back of one's hand

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γίνομαι κολλιτσίδα → tag-along, tagalong, latch on to someone, cling like a barnacle, cling like a leech, cling like a limpet, cling like a burr, stick like a leech, stick like wax, stick close, adhere like a remora, adhere like Dejanira's shirt, stick like glue, be a pain in the neck, be a pain in the back, be a pain in the backside, be a pain in the bum, be a pain in the butt, be a pain in the keister, be a pain in the neck

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