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Thanks, ‘Man. A very full and comprehensive answer. Since ΠΙΛΑΛΑ takes place in Crete, as you a Cretan are bound to know well, no doubt...

A Cretan grandmother to her grandson, Adipas:- Α δε γαύρης επιτόπου θα σε πάρει και θα σε σηκώσει. Adipas replies:- Δεν έρχομαι. The...

Thanks to all for their extra additions. Στον Κουγρ μόνο: Τώρα έχουμε έναν νέο μύθο, δηλαδή "ο Άνδρακλας και ο Κουγρ"! Δυστυχώς, όσον...

Χίλια ευχαριστώ, Η Εξοχότητά σας, Δούκα!, για την καλή συμβουλή. Θα τη λάβω υπόψη και θα εγγραφώ στο ΜΗΛΝΕΓ. Τι σημαίνει "Αξίζει και με...

Thanks, ‘Man, as ever. The examples from MΗΝΕΓ are spot on. I haven’t come across MHNEΓ before.

Thanks, anepipsogos! Is it a common idiom?

A dialogue with a teeny-bopper (κοπελίτσα) and her mother on a short Greek instagram:- Μαμά, βρήκα κάποιον που το φυσάει. Όχι μόνο το...

‘Man to the rescue as so often in the past! Thanks so much for the full elucidation of the passage. I will now get my Greek friend...

I have been unfortunately detained (obsessive as I tend to be) by this passage with many slang words in it:-Although I get the general...

Χαχαχα. Τόσο τυπικό του ‘Μαν!

Thanks very much ‘Man’, for the very learned and useful reference!

This is a common proverb among the educated and means ‘even experts are fallible’. It originates with the Roman poet Horace from his...

Thanks again, cougr!

Thanks, again, cougr!

Can κυνήγι μαγισσών be used metaphorically? Or is μακαρθανισμός outdated? Or does a paraphrase like πολιτική δίωξη κατά των...