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

αβρόχοις ποσίν -> without the slightest effort, without loss

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άβυσσος η ψυχή του ανθρώπου -> there's nowt so queer as folk, go figure, there's no fathoming some people, human beings are unpredictable

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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, take it easy

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αγανακτίστας -> indignant youth

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αγάπα τον φίλο σου με τα ελαττώματά του -> love me, love my dog | love me, warts and all

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αγάπα τους φίλους σου με τα ελαττώματά τους -> love me, love my dog | love me, warts and all

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αγάπα τους φίλους σου με τα ελαττώματά τους -> love your friends with their faults

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αγάπη μου, λατρεία μου, καμένη μπαταρία μου –> my sweet pie | my honey bee

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αγαπητικιά -> girlfriend, lovergirl

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αγαπητιλίκι -> womanizing, philandering

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αγαπουλίνι -> honey, hun, hon, sweetheart, sweetie, sweetie pie, love, sugar boo, sugar, lovie darling, lovebug

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άγγιγμα του Μίδα -> Midas touch, golden touch

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αγγίζω ευαίσθητες χορδές -> tug at one's heart, tug at one's heartstrings, tug at one's heart strings, tug at heart strings, tug at heartstrings, pull at one's heart strings, pull at one's heartstrings, hit a raw nerve, strike a raw nerve, touch a raw nerve, touch a sore spot, step on someone's toes, close to the bone, tread on the toes of, tread on one's toes, pull on the heart strings, pull on the heartstrings, touch upon many sensitivities, be close to one's heart, stands very close to one's heart, move deeply, move profoundly

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αγγλικούρα -> affected anglicism, pretentious anglicism, affected English word, pretentious English expression

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αγεφύρωτο χάσμα -> yawning splits, unbridgeable gap, unbridgeable difference

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άγιο είχε -> someone was watching over him

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άγνωσται αι βουλαί του Κυρίου -> God moves in mysterious ways, God moves in a mysterious way, God works in mysterious ways, the Lord works in mysterious ways, every bullet has its billet

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άγομαι και φέρομαι -> dare not call one's soul one's own, be under one's thumb, be at one's beck and call, be at the beck and call of, be a stooge, be an instrument, be pushed around, be bossed around

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αγοράζω γουρούνι στο σακί -> buy a pig in a poke, buy a puss in a bag

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αγορέ μαλλιά -> boyish cut

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