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Cougr, I think that "βαράς τη βιόλα σου" is also equivalent to the expression "κι εσύ το βιολί σου", for example "εδώ ο κόσμος καίγεται...

I wish I'd found this earlier βιόλα1, η ουσ. [<ιταλ. viola]...-βαράω την ίδια βιόλα, βλ. φρ. βαράω το ίδιο βιολί.* (Λαϊκό τραγούδι...

This is brilliant stuff, cougr! A full and complete answer to my question. There is so much information here that makes instant sense in...

Να τα λέμε «μέπο» = μη επανδρωμένο. Ένα μέπο, πολλά μέπα. Άντε, για περισσότερη σαφήνεια, μεποσκάφος.

Thanks, Alexandra. At least the idiom ‘I’ve found out who you really are, smart-ass, the tune you are always playing’ doesn't seem to...

A mistake and an alteration:- Line 3 should read:- ‘the tune you’re always playing’ And I think the last line is better translated...

Δε με κόβεις μάγκα μου βρε πια με τα λιμά σου δεν περνάει αλάνη μου πια για με η μπογιά σου Σ' ανθίστηκα βρε μόρτη τη βιόλα που βαράς το...

‘Thanks, anepipsogos. I’ve done you the ‘attempted’ honour of trying to translate Markos’s lyrics. How did I do, especially with the...

Thanks, SBE. I was reading the subtitles and the translation:- ‘Get off my butt before you raise the devil in me’. There was no ‘butt’...

Thanks so much Alexandra. It resembles 'Nero fiddling while Rome was burning'. Both you and cougr have given me enough information to...

In his Greek and English Proverbs Pof. Panos Karagiorgos writes (rather lamely) for this proverb, at number 982 [English to Greek]: You...

I have found a definition of ‘βαράτε, βιολιτζήδες’ in the expanded edition of Zachos’s Λεξικό της ελληνικής αργκό. He writes under the...

Thanks again! You can’t say I didn’t try.

Thanks again, cougr. Does μου διεγείρει τον διάολο, as I should have written it, make any sense in Greek?

Thanks, cougr! I am on to the link. It has got many comments but I’m giving it my best shot….