Idioms/Expressions/Slang (El-En) (Moderators: billberg23, crystal)

τυλίγω άντρα -> hook a man, wrap around one's little finger, wrap around one's finger, have someone wrapped around one's little finger, get someone in one's clutches

Started by Guest

κατά την απόλυτη κρίση του -> at his sole discretion

Started by valr

επ' αγαθώ -> for the benefit of, for the good of

Started by sophia

έχεις πολύ πλάκα -> you are very funny

Started by liverpool

μιλάς στην καρδιά μου -> you speak to my heart

Started by liverpool

έγινε Πουλόπουλος -> welched on his debts, did a moonlight flit

Started by banned8

χλιμίντζουρας -> idiot, addle-brain, addlehead, addle pate, airhead, beanbrain, beetlebrain, beetlehead, berk, bimbo, birdbrain, blockhead, bonehead, Boeotian, boob, bubblehead, bufflehead, buffoon, Charlie, chowderhead, chucklehead, chump, cittern-head, cretin, deadhead, dim bulb, dimwit, dingbat, ding dong, dingleberry, dingwad, dip, dipstick, dolt, doodle, doof, doofoid, doofus, dope, dork, drivel, drongo, drool bucket, dullard, dumb bunny, dumbbell, dumb cluck, dumbhead, dumble, dumbling, dumbnut, dumbo, dummkopf, dummy, dunce, dunderhead, dunderpate, eejit, farthead, fathead

Started by tsioutsiou

εις μνήμην -> in memoriam, in memory of, as a memorial

Started by apd

η καθαριότητα είναι μισή αρχοντιά -> cleanliness is next to godliness

Started by Πρωτέαs

για ποιον χτυπά η καμπάνα -> for whom the bell tolls, who's next in line, who's next for the chop

Started by banned8

το τελευταίο πράγμα που χρειάζεστε -> the last thing you need, the last thing you want

Started by treandafilia

δεν έχω τσίπα -> have no shame, be utterly shameless

Started by F_idάνι

ο κουμπάρος την κουμπάρα τρεις φορές την εβδομάδα -> how well does the bride know the groom

Started by wings

ό,τι φάμε, ό,τι πιούμε κι ό,τι αρπάξει ο κώλος μας -> eat, drink, and be merry

Started by Ioannis3891 « 1 2 »

έχω άγιο -> have a guardian angel watching over me

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ανάμεσα στη Σκύλλα και στη Χάρυβδη -> between Scylla and Charybdis

Started by Pink Panther « 1 2 »

θ' αφήσουμε το γάμο να πάμε για πουρνάρια -> settle for second best

Started by banned8 « 1 2 »

είσαι πόντος -> you are slick

Started by davidr

βλέποντας και κάνοντας -> playing it by ear, waiting to see how things turn out, reacting to circumstances, play it by ear

Started by elena petelos

με αυτεπιστασία -> under the supervision of the interested party, under the supervision of the appropriate departments

Started by friny