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  1. daeman

    to make a pig's ear out of sth.

    Από του χοίρου το μαλλί δε γίνεται μετάξι, ούτε κακόσειρου παιδί έχει αρχοδιά και τάξη. *κακόσειρος: από κακή φάρα
  2. daeman

    Άντε ξιά μου και μένα

    In the specific context, the English translation seems fitting. Ξια μου και μένα could be analyzed as "It's up to me / I'll see what I'll do" in this case. Και μένα seems more or less supplemental here, for emphasis perhaps, and it does enhance the flow.
  3. daeman

    Διασκεδάστε και μ' αυτό...

    SIX WOMEN IN A PENIS SHOT INTO THE SKY Six women dressed in sexy blue, Bezos’s super qualified space crew. Millions spent for a few moments in the sky, The question here is WTF and why? What did this publicity stunt prove? Most of the public disapprove. Not that it matters much, These people...
  4. daeman

    Πε μου πως σε δείρανε κ' εγώ κατέω πόσαις ραβδιαίς έφαες

    Well, the same site has a different entry with exactly the same wording as in the title of this thread (Πε μου πως σε δείρανε κ' εγώ κατέω πόσαις ραβδιαίς έφαες *) citing an origin from Crete and the date as 1920 (while the above link cites the origin from Peloponnese in 1955), where...
  5. daeman

    χαρά στα σκέλια

    Just a series of mumbled letters representing swearwords (similarly to grawlixes). Only the first two (γμ) actually represent γαμώ while the rest are added to flesh it out, as it were.
  6. daeman

    Aν δε γιαείρεις επιτόπου θα σε πάρει και θα σε σηκώσει

    Αν δε γιαείρεις επιτόπου... = If you don't come back right away... γιαγέρνω: γυρνάω πίσω, επιστρέφω για(γ)έρνω, εγιά(γ)ερνα, θα για(γ)είρω, εγιά(γ)ειρα, έχω για(γ)είρει, είχα για(γ)είρει [Λεξικό Κριαρά] γιαγέρνω· διαγείρω· διαγέρνω· διεγέρνω. Α´ Μτβ. 1) α) Γυρίζω πίσω κάπ. ή κ...
  7. daeman

    Your slip is showing: Γλωσσικές και μεταφραστικές γκάφες (και μικρολαθάκια)

    Από την Ινδία, μπορεί να είναι και φτιαχτό, but oh bugger.
  8. daeman

    Τα εφήμερα

    By AI standards, soon we will all be old news, dead and unburied.
  9. daeman

    Τα εφήμερα

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  10. daeman

    Φυσάει, το φυσάει

    Both expressions are present in ΜΗΛΝΕΓ:
  11. daeman

    Το παστίτσιο κολασμένο σήμερα Πόπη μου. From σλαγκ.gr.

    ...when Thecla phoned, I cut her off as though we had falllen out, so I could have everything perfect for the pasha (her lord and husband). But it's not your fault, it's my fault: many a man wanted me, doctors and lawyers and pharmacists too. And stupid as I am, I went and married you. -I should...
  12. daeman

    This funny thing landed in my email

    Κατά Μάρκον, Ματθαίον, Λουκά και Ιωάννη.
  13. daeman

    Even Homer nods

    In a general, non-literary context, without mentioning Homer, we commonly say "Συμβαίνει και στους καλύτερους / στις καλύτερες οικογένειες".
  14. daeman

    Even Homer nods

    https://www.lexilogia.gr/threads/homeric-nod.4363/
  15. daeman

    dire wolf = δεινόλυκος (;), αινοκύων (;)

    The Return of the Dire Wolf Apr 7, 2025 3:50 PM EET
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