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

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.

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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...

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.

Yes, that's correct.

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...

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

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Both expressions are present in ΜΗΛΝΕΓ:

...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...

Κατά Μάρκον, Ματθαίον, Λουκά και Ιωάννη.

Στην Καλαμάτα.

...can cut the grass.

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

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

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