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Με την τεχνητή νοημοσύνη και τα ρομπότ, θα προσφέρουν “κατ’ οπουδήποτε αιμοληψία” - στο σπίτι, στο καφενείο ...:-)

You can actually catch a glimpse of this Χάρη person as he comes into view, behind Dimitris, just as the interviewee makes his "αλλά και η Αθήνα δεν παει πίσω" comment (at the very moment he says "πάει πίσω" - 2:01 - he pops out for a fraction of a second behind Dimitri's beard).:-) Mystery solved.

I'm probably stretching the Greek phrase here to make it fit (with your example)? refuse to play ball ... αρνούμαι να παίξω το παιχνίδι κάποιου? (might work in some contexts, probably not here) ... "but the insurance company refused to play ball" = αλλά η ασφαλιστικη εταιρία αρνήθηκε να...

I know cosmasad has just thanked us, but going back to cosmasad's original post, he was looking for an equivalent greek phrase for "an underground stream of water that comes out in to a spring"... we're missing the feeder function of this underground stream (what cosmasad described was not just...

I agree with all the above. I'm wondering if "φλέβα νερού" also has a place here, as a feeder source or capillary rather than a flowing stream? Basically, a hidden conduit of water that feeds a spring.

The Greek phrase feels like it has a playful tone to it and implies the person being warned is a loose cannon, verbally speaking. So, it's a preemptive warning ... almost like be careful this time not to drop/hurl any of your verbal grenades.

"Blurt out" was the first expression that came to mind, but I wanted something to pair notionally with "verbal projectile" that suggested "throwing", projecting or launching ... hence "fire off"(which matches with the projectile imagery):-)

"Fire off" - suggestive of an impulsive remark - comes to mind too (for πετώ, here).

Πετώ is used figuratively, as you said. Μην πετάξεις ... is like being warned not to "figuratively throw" (= let slip, carelessly utter) a "verbal projectile" (analogously). Don't throw a barb, throw a barbecue instead (be convivial).

Just to round off the discussion ... The close-sounding greek idiom (the one you might be thinking of) for "don't butt in" would be "μην πετάγεσαι."

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Χθες είχα μια απρόσμενη επαφή με νυχτερίδες… τι σύμπτωση! (ειπα να το μοιραστώ μαζι σάς):-)

Similarly, in English "bat-shaped" wings would almost always be understood as wings shaped like those of a bat. There's also "bat-like wings" But if we get really precise, “bat-shaped” can technically mean “in the outline of a whole bat,”

Let's try it out ... :-) Με νυχτεριδίσιες φτρούγες γλιστρούσε ανάμεσα στα άστρα του λυκόφωτος ... it seems to flow poetically. (κατανοώ πως η ποιητική αδεία επιτρέπει την υπέρβαση της μορφολογικής ακρίβειας).