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

κάνω μπίλιες -> bash up, beat black and blue, beat black-and-blue, beat hollow, beat the natural stuffing out of someone, beat the stuffing out of someone, beat to a pulp, beat up, beat up very badly, bust someone up, bust someone wide open, cut one's balls, cut one's nuts off, donner, duff up, dust someone's jacket, eat face, give a thrashing, give someone a good hiding, kick arse, kick ass, kick one's ass, kick one's butt, kick one's skinny ass, kick the crap out of someone, kick the natural stuffing out of someone, kick the shit out of someone, kick the stuffing out of someone

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λόγου χάρη (λ.χ.) -> for instance, for example (e.g., f.e., f.ex.)

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εντελώς τυχαία -> by chance, by accident, by sheer chance, by sheer accident, by pure chance, purely accidental

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η μαλακία του σταματάει τρένο -> he is one hell of a jerk, he is one hell of a wanker

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έρχομαι στα συγκαλά μου -> be in one's right mind, bite of the reality sandwich, breathe a sigh of relief, come to one's senses, get a grip, get one's sanity back, get some sense, make someone come to his senses, perk up, pull oneself together, reality check, regain one's sanity, see reason, see sense, talk sense into someone, talk some sense into someone

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ακόμα δεν τον είδαμε και Γιάννη τον βαφτίσαμε –> don't count your chickens before they are hatched | don't count your chickens before they hatch | first catch your hare | first catch your rabbit | first catch your rabbit and then make your stew | first catch your hare, then cook it | first catch your hare, then cook him

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ακόμη δεν τον είδαμε και Γιάννη τον βαφτίσαμε –> don't count your chickens before they are hatched | don't count your chickens before they hatch | first catch your hare | first catch your rabbit | first catch your rabbit and then make your stew | first catch your hare, then cook it | first catch your hare, then cook him

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σκάω στα γέλια -> bend over with laughter, burst into laughter, burst into peals of laughter, burst out laughing, bust a gut, fall about the place, go into hysterics, keel over with laughter, laugh like hell, laugh one's ass off, laugh one's head off, laugh one's heart out, laugh oneself helpless, laugh oneself silly, roar with laughter, roll in the aisles, roll on the floor, shake one's sides, shake one's sides with laughing, shake one's sides with laughter, split a gut, split one's sides, split one's sides with laughter

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βγάζω το φίδι από την τρύπα -> agree to perform a risky job, bell the cat, do a risky deed, perform a daring act, pull a rabbit out of a hat, pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire, pull something out of the bag, pull the chestnuts from the fire, take matters into one's own hands, take the danger, undertake a dangerous job, undertake a dangerous mission, undertake a risky job, undertake a risky task, undertake a very dangerous mission, undertake an impossible job, undertake an impossible task

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είμαι στα συγκαλά μου -> be in one's right mind, bite of the reality sandwich, breathe a sigh of relief, come to one's senses, get a grip, get one's sanity back, get some sense, make someone come to his senses, perk up, perk up , pull oneself together, reality check, regain one's sanity, see reason, see sense, talk sense into someone, talk some sense into someone

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μαζί μιλάμε και χώρια καταλαβαινόμαστε -> be talking at cross purposes | be at cross purposes | talk at cross purposes | what we've got here is a failure to communicate | what we've got here is failure to communicate | I say one thing and you hear another | we have a communication problem | Houston, we have a problem | communication breakdown

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ακόμα δεν τον είδαμε και Γιάννη τον εβγάλαμε –> don't count your chickens before they are hatched | don't count your chickens before they hatch | first catch your hare | first catch your rabbit | first catch your rabbit and then make your stew | first catch your hare, then cook it | first catch your hare, then cook him

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ακόμη δεν τον είδαμε, Γιάννη τον εβγάλαμε –> don't count your chickens before they are hatched | don't count your chickens before they hatch | first catch your hare | first catch your rabbit | first catch your rabbit and then make your stew | first catch your hare, then cook it | first catch your hare, then cook him

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ακόμα δεν τον είδαμε, Γιάννη τον είπαμε –> don't count your chickens before they are hatched | don't count your chickens before they hatch | first catch your hare | first catch your rabbit | first catch your rabbit and then make your stew | first catch your hare, then cook it | first catch your hare, then cook him

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παπούτσι από τον τόπο σου κι ας είναι μπαλωμένο -> better marry over the midden than over the moor, better marry over the mixen than over the moor, better the devil you know, better wed over the midden than over the moor, better wed over the mixen than over the moor, It is better to marry over the mixen than over the moor, it's better to marry over the mixen than over the moor, marrying sb from one's own country is preferable despite eventual disadvantages

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παπούτσι απ' τον τόπο σου κι ας είναι μπαλωμένο -> better marry over the midden than over the moor, better marry over the mixen than over the moor, better the devil you know, better wed over the midden than over the moor, better wed over the mixen than over the moor, It is better to marry over the mixen than over the moor, it's better to marry over the mixen than over the moor, marrying sb from one's own country is preferable despite eventual disadvantages

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βγάζω τα κάστανα από τη φωτιά -> pull the chestnuts from the fire, pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire, agree to perform a risky job, bell the cat, do a risky deed, perform a daring act, pull a rabbit out of a hat, pull something out of the bag, take matters into one's own hands, take the danger, undertake a dangerous job, undertake a dangerous mission, undertake a risky job, undertake a risky task, undertake a very dangerous mission, undertake an impossible job, undertake an impossible task

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βγάζω τον Χριστό -> hassle, give hassle, hassle all the time, give hell, do one's head in, don't leave alone, give a hard time, get on one's nerves, break one's balls, twist someone's balls, drive up the wall, try one's patience, get up someone's nose, piss off, get on someone's tits, get on someone's wick, get on sb's nerves, walk someone off one's feet, ride hard and put up wet, trot someone off one's legs, walk someone off one's feet

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πεθαίνω στα γέλια -> bend over with laughter, burst into laughter, burst into peals of laughter, burst out laughing, bust a gut, fall about the place, go into hysterics, keel over with laughter, laugh like hell, laugh one's ass off, laugh one's head off, laugh one's heart out, laugh oneself helpless, laugh oneself silly, roar with laughter, roll in the aisles, roll on the floor, shake one's sides, shake one's sides with laughing, shake one's sides with laughter, split a gut, split one's sides, split one's sides with laughter

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κατουριέμαι στα γέλια -> piss oneself laughing, bend over with laughter, burst into laughter, burst into peals of laughter, burst out laughing, bust a gut, fall about the place, go into hysterics, keel over with laughter, laugh like hell, laugh one's ass off, laugh one's head off, laugh one's heart out, laugh oneself helpless, laugh oneself silly, roar with laughter, roll in the aisles, roll on the floor, shake one's sides, shake one's sides with laughing, shake one's sides with laughter, split a gut, split one's sides, split one's sides with laughter

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