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

κάνω ό,τι περνά από το χέρι μου -> bend over backward, bend over backwards, do all one can, do everything in one's power, do one's damnedest, do one's everything, fall over backwards, lean over backward, lean over backwards

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κάνω ό,τι περνάει από το χέρι μου -> bend over backward, bend over backwards, do all one can, do everything in one's power, do one's damnedest, do one's everything, fall over backwards, lean over backward, lean over backwards

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δίνω λογαριασμό -> answer for, account, account for, set forth

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βρίζω πίσω από την πλάτη του -> run down behind one's back

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κάνω ό,τι μου καπνίσει -> be a law unto oneself, do as one pleases, chop and change, suit oneself

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όποτε του καπνίσει -> at his own sweet will, in one's own sweet time, in one's own time, whenever he feels like it, whenever he feels inclined to do so, law unto oneself, law unto himself

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οξειοπερισπωμένη -> acutecircumflex accent

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ψιλοδασεία -> roughsmooth breathing

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με το γεια σας -> right from the start, from the outset, from the word go, from the very beginning, since the very beginning, from the get-go, from day one, straight away, right out of the gate

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σιγά μη χάσεις καμιά οξεία

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ξυσιματίας -> bum, couch potato, dawdler, deadbeat, do-nothing, dosser, faineant, flaneur, footler, goldbricker, good for nothing, good-for-nothing, goof-off, idler, idleton, laggard, lallygag, layabout, lazy ass, lazyass, lazy-ass, lazybones, lie-abed, loafer, lounge lizard, lounger, morepork, poop, shirker, slacker, slow belly, slugabed, sluggard, sofa spud, tarrier

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να μυρίσω τα νύχια 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

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αιέν υψικρατείν -> always dominate the heights, always rule the heights, always rule the skies, always dominate the skies

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μου γυρνάνε τ' άντερα -> I hate one's guts, I hate her guts, I hate his guts, it's gross, it's disgusting, it makes me feel disgusted, it's sickening, it's fucking sickening, I am disgusted, I feel sick, it sickens me, it sickens me to my very core, yuck, yucky, yuckie

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άφτερ -> afterparty, after-party, afterhours, after-hours, afterhours club, after-hours club, after-hours place

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συν γυναιξί και τέκνοις -> with their families | with one's wife and kids | with one's family | as a family | en masse | with women and children | hook, line and sinker | lock, stock and barrel | kith and kine

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γκοθού -> Goth, goth

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γκοθάς -> Goth, goth

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αρχή άνδρα δείκνυσι -> power shows the man, rule will show the man

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οδός της μετάξης -> Silk Road, Silk Route

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