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

φαίνομαι αχάριστος απέναντι σε κάποιον -> seem ungrateful to, show oneself to be ungrateful, show ingratitude

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πηγαίνω σαν χελώνα -> be as slow as a tortoise, go at a snail's pace

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

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να μην γνωρίζει η αριστερά σου τι ποιεί η δεξιά σου -> your left hand should not know what your right hand is doing

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μου κάθεται στο στομάχι -> stick in one's throat, stick in one's gizzard

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μόνο του σπανού τα γένια δεν γίνονται -> nothing is impossible, impossible is nothing, the sky is the limit

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ο παπάς πρώτα τα γένια του βλογάει -> looking out for number one, putting oneself first

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βγάζω την Παναγία -> 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 από τη βαρεμάρα -> be bored out of one's brains, be bored out of one's gourd, be bored out of one's mind, be bored out of one's skull, be bored out of one's tree, be bored out of one's wits, be bored senseless, be bored shitless, be bored stiff, be bored to death, be bored to tears, be bored to the core, be dying of boredom, be mind-numbing, be out of one's mind with boredom, die of boredom, I would rather watch paint dry, I'm dying of boredom, watch grass grow, watch paint dry

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υπό την ευρύτερη έννοια -> in the wider sense

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κάλλιο να σου βγει το μάτι παρά τ' όνομα -> give a dog a bad name and hang him, give a dog a bad name

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είμαι ο τελευταίος τροχός της αμάξης -> be just a cog in the machine, be just a cog in the machinery, be a cog in the machine, be the last cog in the wheel, be the last cog in the machine, be the low man on the totem pole, be the fifth wheel, be a square peg in a round hole

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δεν ξέρω ούτε χειμώνα ούτε καλοκαίρι -> work one's fingers to the bone

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να σου πάρει ο διάβολος τον πατέρα -> damn your father

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αναθεματίζω την ώρα και τη στιγμή -> curse the day, curse the moment, rail against fate

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η αρχή είναι το ήμισυ του παντός -> a good beginning is half the battle, well begun is half done, a journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step, little strokes fell great oaks, get one's foot in the door, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step

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έχω συνείδηση ότι -> be conscious of, be aware of, be alive to

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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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τραβάω λούκι -> be hard put, be hard put to it, be in a cleft stick, be in a pretty pickle, be in a right pickle, be in the soup, be up shit creek without a paddle, bear a great deal, endure a great deal, go through a bad patch, go through a rough patch, go through dire straits, go through fire and water, go through great ordeals, go through hell, go through hell and back, suffer a great deal, suffer a lot, suffer slings and arrows

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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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