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

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

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

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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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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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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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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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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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θέλω και την πίτα ολόκληρη και το σκύλο χορτάτο -> I want to have my cake and eat it too, I wan't to have it both ways, I want the best of both worlds

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ακόμα δεν τον είδαμε, 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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από αγκάθι βγαίνει ρόδο κι από ρόδο βγαίνει αγκάθι -> from a thorn comes a rose, and from a rose comes a thorn | the rose begets the thorn, the thorn begets the rose

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ακόμη δεν τον είδαμε, 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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παπούτσι απ' τον τόπο σου κι ας είναι και 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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άλλαξε ο Μανολιός και έβαλε τα ρούχα του αλλιώς -> the same, but different | same, same, but different | be the same underneath | same old, same old

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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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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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