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Thanks for the link, anepipsogos, and for SBE’s succinct explanation of “τα πιάσαμε τα λεφτά μας". BTW: I saw on line a minute ago the...

I always assumed that τα πιάσαμε τα λεφτά μας literally means we got a return on our investment. We got our money back and then some...

Thanks very much, m_a_a! Very useful translations. I’ve spent a couple of hours this afternoon doing a whole page of notes on the...

Thanks to all for their contributions! I played around with the uses of σιγά (να) μην but, despite several articles on them, I am still...

@drsiebenmal Δόκτορα, χαίρομαι τόσο πολύ όταν βλέπω τις αναρτήσεις σου. Δεν σε βλέπουμε αρκετά.😊

No SBE. Apparently, it originated in the late 19th century, particularly within British Cockney slang and literature, becoming highly...

What is the best Greek phrase or words for this very common English idiom in slang, when added to an ironical statement? Here are a...

In the words of the bard but here applied to me ‘to dumb forgetfulness a prey’. Thanks, cougr!

Deja vu anyone? Some 10 years later your query gets answered. Better late than never, I suppose.😊...

Neither the term nor the gesture for it. And if you go to Crete, you get the impression young people no longer shave in any case.

Thanks so much, Nickel! It seems that the form ξουρίζω and ξυρίζω mean the same. Long-standing niggle sorted at last! Is the gesture...

Something has been bothering me for a long time that happened the first time I went to Greece with a school party. It happened in Athens...

Thanks for all this, both of you! To adapt a common English expression, you ask a silly question an you get n excellent set of answers...

With "spicy", informal, automotive/ enthusiast slang. Twenty years ago I would have said the same for "spirited" but given the...

I thought it was my mistake. You are very kind to own up! 😊