Severus
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sit on one's hands = κάθομαι με σταυρωμένα τα χέρια
When we needed help from Mary, she just sat on her hands.
We need the cooperation of everyone. You can't sit on your hands!
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sit+on+hands
When we needed help from Mary, she just sat on her hands.
We need the cooperation of everyone. You can't sit on your hands!
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/sit+on+hands
Severus
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bag of wind, windbag, gasbag (coll.) = αερολόγος, φαφλατάς, παρλαπίπας
noun: windbaggery
It died because the Democrats and their media groupies overplayed their hand, as usual, and so turned a real scandal into just another fake scandal for senatorial windbags to huff and puff over.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/windbag?q=windbag
noun: windbaggery
It died because the Democrats and their media groupies overplayed their hand, as usual, and so turned a real scandal into just another fake scandal for senatorial windbags to huff and puff over.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/windbag?q=windbag
bernardina
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cheap and cheerful = φτηνός αλλά φίνος, φτηνός αλλά καλός/ωραίος
They specialize in cheap and cheerful package holidays to Spain and Portugal.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cheap+and+cheerful
cheap and nasty = της κακιάς ώρας, φτηνιάρικος, του πεταματού, χαμηλής ποιότητος
You know the sort of cheap and nasty clothes that are sold on market stalls.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cheap+and+nasty
They specialize in cheap and cheerful package holidays to Spain and Portugal.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cheap+and+cheerful
cheap and nasty = της κακιάς ώρας, φτηνιάρικος, του πεταματού, χαμηλής ποιότητος
You know the sort of cheap and nasty clothes that are sold on market stalls.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cheap+and+nasty
bernardina
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brass ring = (ΗΠΑ) επιτυχία, επιβράβευση (των κόπων, των προσπαθειών)
grab the brass ring/get a shot at the brass ring = αγωνίζομαι για το μεγαλύτερο βραβείο· ζω τη ζωή μου στο έπακρο.
"Grabbing the brass ring" or getting a "shot at the brass ring" [also] means striving for the highest prize, or living life to the fullest. It is not clear when the phrase came into wide use but has been found in dictionaries as far back as the late 19th century.
The term has been used as the title of at least two books.
Προέλευση και λίγη Ιστορία.
Willa went for the brass ring, joining the firm’s San Francisco office at a whopping salary
[with reference to the reward of a free ride given on a merry-go-round to the person hooking a brass ring suspended over the horses]
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/brass?q=brass+ring#brass__26
grab the brass ring/get a shot at the brass ring = αγωνίζομαι για το μεγαλύτερο βραβείο· ζω τη ζωή μου στο έπακρο.
"Grabbing the brass ring" or getting a "shot at the brass ring" [also] means striving for the highest prize, or living life to the fullest. It is not clear when the phrase came into wide use but has been found in dictionaries as far back as the late 19th century.
The term has been used as the title of at least two books.
Προέλευση και λίγη Ιστορία.
Willa went for the brass ring, joining the firm’s San Francisco office at a whopping salary
[with reference to the reward of a free ride given on a merry-go-round to the person hooking a brass ring suspended over the horses]
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/brass?q=brass+ring#brass__26
Severus
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live [life] on the edge = ζω μια ζωή γεμάτη περιπέτειες / μια περιπετειώδη ζωή, ζω τη ζωή στο έπακρο / στα άκρα
If you were always living on the edge like that, I'm sure you wouldn't live past the age of sixty.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/live+on+the+edge
If you were always living on the edge like that, I'm sure you wouldn't live past the age of sixty.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/live+on+the+edge
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go-to (AmE.) = (σε θέση επιθέτου) o σωστός (άνθρωπος), ο καταλληλότερος, ο πλέον αρμόδιος, αυτός που θα βγάλει το φίδι από την τρύπα, αυθεντία, μανούλα σε κάτι
Είναι αυθεντία στα υδραυλικά = He is the go-to guy when it comes to plumbing.
She's the team's go-to player [=she is the player that the team relies on] when they need to score late in the game.
He's the go-to guy in the office for tax information.
http://www.greek-language.gr/greekLang/modern_greek/tools/lexica/search.html?lq=%CE%B1%CF%85%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B1&dq=
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/go-to
Είναι αυθεντία στα υδραυλικά = He is the go-to guy when it comes to plumbing.
She's the team's go-to player [=she is the player that the team relies on] when they need to score late in the game.
He's the go-to guy in the office for tax information.
http://www.greek-language.gr/greekLang/modern_greek/tools/lexica/search.html?lq=%CE%B1%CF%85%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF%CE%B1&dq=
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/go-to
Severus
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be laughing on the other side of your face/ laugh out of the other side of one's mouth = γελώ και από την ανάποδη, μου βγαίνουν ξινά τα γέλια
He'll be laughing on the other side of his face when he reads my letter.
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/laugh_1
He'll be laughing on the other side of his face when he reads my letter.
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/laugh_1
Severus
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under the wire = την τελευταία στιγμή, στο παρά πέντε
They got in under the wire just before the entry requirements for the training program changed .
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/under-the-wire
Deadline's tomorrow, and I won't be slipping in under the wire.
He called the place and just barely made it under the wire for the deadline for an interview.
I know that you hate how they get their payments in just under the wire.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/wire?q=wire
They got in under the wire just before the entry requirements for the training program changed .
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/under-the-wire
Deadline's tomorrow, and I won't be slipping in under the wire.
He called the place and just barely made it under the wire for the deadline for an interview.
I know that you hate how they get their payments in just under the wire.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/wire?q=wire
Severus
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get one's wires crossed / get one's lines crossed = μπερδεύομαι στη συνεννόηση
Somehow we got our lines crossed because I'd got the 23rd written down in my diary and Jenny had the 16th.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/get+wires+crossed
Somehow we got our lines crossed because I'd got the 23rd written down in my diary and Jenny had the 16th.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/get+wires+crossed
Severus
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chief cook and bottle washer = το παιδί για όλες τις δουλειές
I'm the chief cook and bottle washer around here. I do everything.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/chief+cook+and+bottle+washer
http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/chief_cook_and_bottle_washer
I'm the chief cook and bottle washer around here. I do everything.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/chief+cook+and+bottle+washer
Severus
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jumping-off point/ place = αφετηρία, σημείο εκκίνησης, εφαλτήριο
The local library is a good jumping-off point for your research.
The office job in that company would be a good jumping-off place for a career in advertising.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/jumping-off+point
The local library is a good jumping-off point for your research.
The office job in that company would be a good jumping-off place for a career in advertising.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/jumping-off+point
Severus
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shudder/ dread to think = τρέμω στη σκέψη, τρέμω και μόνο που το σκέφτομαι
He was going so fast - I dread to think what would have happened if my brakes hadn't worked.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/I+shudder+to+think
He was going so fast - I dread to think what would have happened if my brakes hadn't worked.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/I+shudder+to+think
Severus
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neither fish nor fowl/ neither fish nor fowl (nor good red herring) = τίποτα το ιδιαίτερο
The car that they drove up in was neither fish nor fowl.
It must have been made out of spare parts. This proposal is neither fish nor fowl. I can't tell what you're proposing.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/neither+fish+nor+fowl
Trying to satisfy all constituents, it has usually come down right in the middle - not a good place to be, neither fish nor fowl.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/neither-fish-nor-fowl-nor-good-red-herring
The car that they drove up in was neither fish nor fowl.
It must have been made out of spare parts. This proposal is neither fish nor fowl. I can't tell what you're proposing.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/neither+fish+nor+fowl
Trying to satisfy all constituents, it has usually come down right in the middle - not a good place to be, neither fish nor fowl.
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/neither-fish-nor-fowl-nor-good-red-herring
Severus
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make an example of somebody= τιμωρώ κάποιον παραδειγματικά
The judge said that he would make an example of Sally and would fine her the maximum amount.
The teacher made an example of me to the class, with a detention on the first day of school.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/make+an+example+of
The judge said that he would make an example of Sally and would fine her the maximum amount.
The teacher made an example of me to the class, with a detention on the first day of school.
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/make+an+example+of
Severus
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to be not rocket science = δεν είναι (δα) και καμιά επιστήμη :)
It's not rocket science. Just screw in the bulb and flip the switch.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rocket_science
It's not rocket science. Just screw in the bulb and flip the switch.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/rocket_science
Αν και πολύ συχνά χρησιμοποιούμε τη σύναψη με το «[δεν χρειάζεται να είσαι] πυρηνικός επιστήμων / επιστήμονας».
