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By the way, I meant to write ‘summon forth Adipas’s mother’s bad and unrestrained side, either anger or lust or some such uncontrolled...

Is this a common idiom or is it common to Crete? From the context it seems to mean ‘and you are doing your own thing’. This is the...

At 9:51, the English subtitle reads:- ‘Get your hands off my butt, before you raise the devil in me!’ The actual Greek I hear is as...

In other words the subtitle shouldn't have said ‘piss off’ to the butcher but ‘arseholes [με το συμπάθειο] to the chicken’. Thanks, cougr.

This should be a simple, even trivial, question as the phrase is very common but seems usually to be personal as in δεν μας χέζεις...

Thanks, cougr. So it is said not so much as a proverb but as a saying about something obvious.

Thanks again, ‘Man! I suppose we also might say in English:- ‘Leave it to me’. I learnt also that ‘μου και μένα’ improves the flow of...

Just a series of mumbled letters representing swearwords (similarly to grawlixes). Only the first two (γμ) actually represent γαμώ while...

All who read this post will realise that I am working through the script of ΠΙΛΑΛΑ. But obviously the words of the script won’t exactly...

Thanks for all the information both! At least I have learnt a lot. The tale of the fox and the fox was very illuminating, so my post and...

What is the interpretation of this Cretan proverb which seems to mean ‘tell me how/that they flayed you and I know how many strokes you...

Sorry, ‘Man, to ask about your interjection, γμφχγρ τον Γκούγκλη μου. Is it your own inventive (and very effective) onomatopoeic mixture...

Thank, ‘Man, as ever!

Does θα σε πάρει και θα σε σηκώσει mean ‘the devil will take you and will pick you up‘ literally and figuratively ‘you will be in for it!’?

Αν δε γιαείρεις επιτόπου... = If you don't come back right away... γιαγέρνω: γυρνάω πίσω, επιστρέφω για(γ)έρνω, εγιά(γ)ερνα, θα...