παίρνω φόρα

[Theseus]

I have come across the above phrase often & don't really understand it. Here are two examples which I would like colleagues to translate:-

-- Παίρνω φόρα απ' τα καλύβια, που έχουνε μεγάλα φρύδια. I thought καλύβι was a hut?
-- Ρε Κώστα, μουνόπανο, άμα έρθω εκεί, θα σου γαμήσω όλη την οικογένεια! ( I know what this means!) :blush:

-- Πάρε φόρα να μου κλάσεις μια μάντρα αρχίδια, παλιοκαριόλη! (Loosely, does it mean 'you can get stuffed'!). But πάρε φόρα again.:twit:

 

[daeman]

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παίρνω φόρα = to run up, to gain momentum

You're right, Theseus, καλύβι is a hut, but Καλύβια is a town and area in Mesogaia, East Attica.

However, it may very well be used here as the common word "καλύβια" to serve the rhyme with "φρύδια" (probably implying not the eyebrows but another hairy pair of masculine anatomy).

 

[Theseus]

Thanks yet again, Daemantinada -three answers in one day! Can you explain to me this also:-
--Πάρε φόρα να μου κλάσεις μια μάντρα αρχίδια, παλιοκαριόλη! (Loosely, does it mean 'you can get stuffed'!). 'Take a running jump to fart on me a depot of testicles'?

 

[daeman]

... Can you explain to me this also:-
--Πάρε φόρα να μου κλάσεις μια μάντρα αρχίδια, παλιοκαριόλη! (Loosely, does it mean 'you can get stuffed'!). 'Take a running jump to fart on me a depot of testicles'?

From slang.gr: the simple and the augmented form of this bodily multifunctional phrase.

Literally, "Why don't you run up and fart on my massive load of balls, motherfucker!"

A dismissive, defiant taunt, actually, similar to "I fart in your general direction" (the French always had a knack for perfume) but reversed and much stronger.

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Goodness, gracious, great balls of fire - Jerry Lee Lewis

Gracious indeed.

 

[daeman]

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On the ball, an entirely apt use of the phrase in a song:

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Καρακόλια - Villagers of Ioannina City

Τούτοι οι μπάτσοι που ‘ρθαν τώρα
Τούτοι οι μπάτσοι που ‘ρθαν τώρα
Τούτοι οι μπάτσοι που ‘ρθαν τώρα
Τι γυρεύουν τέτοιαν ώρα;

Spoiler

Ήρθανε να μας ρεστάρουν
Ήρθανε να μας ρεστάρουν
Ήρθανε να μας ρεστάρουν
Και κουμάντο να μας κάνουν

Μπάτσοι και χωροφυλάκοι
Μπάτσοι και χωροφυλάκοι
Μπάτσοι και χωροφυλάκοι
Άιντε κι ένα φασιστάκι

Πω πω πω πω πω πω, τις πουτάνες
Πω πω πω πω πω πω, οι πατσαβούρες

Μάγκες, πιάστε τα γιοφύρια
Μάγκες, πιάστε τα γιοφύρια
Μάγκες, πιάστε τα γιοφύρια
Μπάτσοι, κλάστε μας τ’ αρ***ια

Και λάιβ, πέρυσι.

based on this rembetiko recorded in New York by Giannakis Ioannidis in 1928:

Further reading -and listening- on the song: http://www.antifonies.gr/τουτοι-οι-μπατσοι-που-ρθαν-τωρα/