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

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

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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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αγάλι αγάλι το φιλί να 'χει και νοστιμάδα -> no need to hurry things, no need to rush into things, no need to rush things

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ανάρια ανάρια το φιλί για να 'χει νοστιμάδα -> no need to hurry things, no need to rush into things, no need to rush things

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κι αύριο μέρα είναι -> there's plenty of time tomorrow

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

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τα συν και τα πλην -> the pluses and minuses, the advantages and disadvantages, the good and bad points, the good and bad aspects

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εκτσογλανισμός -> cuntification, jerkification;

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κοινή γαρ η τύχη και το μέλλον αόριστον -> fortune is common to all and the future unknown, fate is common to all and the future unknown

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στις ελληνικές καλένδες -> never, a time that will never come, on the Greek calends, on the Greek kalends, put off till Doomsday

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τα λέω ένα χεράκι -> scold, take sb to task, give one a piece of one's mind, tell off, give a right bollocking, give a right telling off

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όταν μαλώνουν στο βάλτο τα βουβάλια, την πληρώνουν τα βατράχια -> when buffaloes fight, the frogs underneath are squashed | when buffaloes fight, it's the grass that is hurt | when buffaloes fight, the grass gets trampled | when buffaloes fight, it is the grass that gets hurt

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πετάω στον Καιάδα -> throw over the precipice of Kaiadas, put to death, put a crippled person to death

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αλάργα αλάργα το φιλί για να 'χει νοστιμάδα -> no need to hurry things, no need to rush into things, no need to rush things

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οι επιθυμίες σας είναι για μένα διαταγές -> your wish is my command

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βρίσκομαι σε κατάσταση ευθυμίας -> be merry, be jolly, be tipsy, get tipsy, be merry as a marriage-bell

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τρικυμία εν κρανίω -> mental confusion

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το καλό το παλικάρι ξέρει κι άλλο μονοπάτι -> there is more than one way to skin a cat, there's more than one way to skin a cat

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καθώς προαιρείται κάποιος -> as one wishes, as one pleases

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σπίτι μου, σπιτάκι μου και φτωχοκαλυβάκι μου -> home sweet home | there's no place like home | home is where the heart is

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