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A few extra (fairly liberal) suggestions: cringe nausey = κριντζ μέχρι αηδίας, κριντζ να σου γυρνάνε τ' άντερα, εμετικό κριντζ, or...

Περί ίου (όχι Ίου, αν και έγινε κι αυτή κρίντζι) από το νήμα για το ουάου:

I think you may need to keep the term "ακροπτερύγιο" in your translation. "Πτέρυγα" and "φτερό" in the context of aircraft refer to the...

What would we do without cougr! Thanks yet again. The idea of transcendence and sublimity is difficult to render into many languages! It...

Karl Reinhardt in a memorable phrase about the Greek gods in Homer’s Iliad talks of them as displaying—in a wonderful oxymoron--‘a...

Thanks again, cougr!

Thanks, as ever, cougr! BTW is there a Greek interjection for the sound you make when being sick? Μπλίαχ;🤢

I'm not sure about the nausy bit (perhaps "αναγούλα" or "ναυτία" which mean "nausea" will do) but the terms "κριντζ" and "κριντζιά"...

I have just heard someone, prominent in the Roman Catholic Church describing Pope Francis watching a dance performed in front of the...

Για το "influence peddling", προσθέτω τα: άσκηση αθέμιτης επιρροής (έναντι ανταλλάγματος)...

Truly brilliant, nickel. Believe you me, I have made many attempts to translate poems into Latin, Ancient Greek and Scottish Gaelic, but...

Εγώ δεν ξέρω αν έχει καν μεταφραστεί, οπότε τολμώ να καταθέσω μια δική μου προσπάθεια: Κάτω από τον επιφανειακό τον ρου, τον ρηχό κι...

I have heard this epithet usually used by certain women, who have posted, say, pictures of their children or grandchildren on web sites...

I like the term "ζυγοστάθμιση" as a translation for trimming, but I think that its meaning is closer to balance - perhaps that's why...

Thanks to all but particularly cougr for his unremitting research on this and many other topics. He must be purring now, as pumas do...