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Πάντως, εμείς εδώ στους Αντίποδες έχουμε τη φράση -"via the Cape" - που ίσως θα ταίριαζε εδώ αφού πρόκειται για ιστιοπλόο (αν υπήρχε το αντίστοιχο της, ή κατι το παρόμοιο, στα ελληνικά). (... somewhat topical now with the recent blockage of the Suez Canal by the tanker) Via the cape: The...

... μέσω του διαόλου την μάνα; :devilish: (delete at will ... I'm being facetious)

Mέσω Λαμίας. ΟΚ, thanks (ο Earion ανέφερε τη Λαμία, αλλά η συζήτηση συνέχισε και πήγε αλλού; ). ... όσον αφορά το scenic route, ναι έχει αυτή τη διάσταση (της επιλογής) - αλλά, παίρνοντας μια λάθος στροφή, μπορεί να καταλήξεις σε "scenic route" άθελα σου (you could end up unwittingly taking the...

Δεν υπάρχει κάτι αντίστοιχο του "scenic route" στα ελληνικά? (... "take the scenic route")

For William Shakepeare's sake ... let's hope "All’s Well That Ends Well" (1602–1603) and 2. it doesn't turn out to be a "Comedy of Errors" (1594). :-)

I was using the military definition (cougr's post #7 and nickel's post#8) την "πηγή ισχύος" απο την οποια (υποθετικα) αντλεις καποιες δυναμεις ή χαρακτηριστικα ... but, it might well be as simple as ... "they came from different pivotal groups/ideas."? ... ίσως έχεις δίκιο τελικά, cougr (your...

I think ... "They came from different centres of gravity" refers to their very different formative years/life experiences/circumstances which shaped/drove/inspired them - and which explains the essence of who they became as leaders and as people (their individual ethos/character, if you like)...

... όσον αφορά τον King και Malcolm X, νομίζω το "centre of gravity" = "ethos." They came from different centres of gravity = they came from different 'ethe' (plural of ethos). An ethos is the set of ideas and attitudes that is associated with a particular group of people or a particular type of...

King had a stable, middle class upbringing, while Malcolm X experienced poverty and violence. Different centres of gravity could be referring to the different sets of circumstances - the 2 different worlds they came from and therefore the 2 different sources of power (see cougr's Clausewitz...

... let's not forget the other "rule of the sea," the unwritten one (which is 'women and children should be evacuated first' from a sinking ship). It's a sea of confusion. ;-) https://www.liquor.com/recipes/sea-of-confusion/

... μα υπαρχει και ο συνειρμός με τον Henry VIII :-) (and you can't "divorce" it from that). What is the great matter? (the/a, what's the difference) Henry VIII rarely if ever referred to his divorce from Catherine of Aragon as a divorce. Henry preferred the term the 'great matter'. The 'great...

I see your point. Apart from "ruling the seas ..." ... maybe something like: "supremacy at sea is paramount"? or "sea power/sea supremacy is paramount"? ... would this work, here?

What about the other obvious one that we missed (which just came to me)? .... (this way, we're keeping with the horse theme, at least). Horse feathers What does the expression Horse Feathers mean? horsefeathers pl (plural only) (euphemistic) Nonsense; indicates disbelief. Dismissing the...

bull's wool, then? (you guys are hard to please) :-)

or ... horseshit (if you want to keep the horse theme). ;-)

ή ... η "λιγότερο σημαντικη ποσότητα αγγίγματος"/"λιγότερο σημαντικη μορφή αγγίγματος" (για τη χειραψία); ... (και πιο κατω - απο τη χειραψία - ειναι τα "εντελώς ασήμαντα" αγγίγματα :-) ).

Referring to the handshake as a "simple unit of touch," might mean it is considered/designated as the "least significant unit of touch"? (where "simple unit" = "least significant unit"). Just as in surveying, where the mm (1/1000th of a metre) is considered the "least significant measurement"...

(or, the more long-winded, perhaps?) ... ... αξιολογούν τις συνθήκες/προϋποθέσεις/περιστάσεις υπό τις οποίες εκδηλώνεται το γέλιο (και, μάλιστα, την [ίδια την] ιδέα του γέλιου);

... just adding to my post (directly above). antongoun, αυτό που έγραψες στο #4 .... καπως έτσι το βλεπω και εγώ (όσον αφορά την έννοια). Καλό σαββατοκύριακο.

metaphorically speaking ... "the house echoed" could also mean that the whisper had a prolonged or continuing effect in the house ... the words/whisper meant something to the recipients at that moment (it evoked strong feelings) - the whisper "lingered on"/reverberated in their minds (where...