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I should correct something in my above post .. I had it back to front. In the highlighted sentence - Pasok isn't what's going to be spun out here of course .. it's its constituents parts that will in fact become the resultant spin offs i.e. νεοφιλελεύθερους, λαϊκιστές - πατριώτες, κεντρώους -...

Ίσως ο διαχωρισμός είναι του τύπου που συζητήθηκε εδώ ; (metaphorically speaking). http://lexilogia.gr/forum/showthread.php?5100-Spin-offs-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9-spin-outs&highlight=spin+off I know we're not looking for an equivalent term in English, but in order (for me anyway) to make sense of...

Παρακολουθώ τις συζητήσεις. Προφανώς όλοι έχουμε σχηματίσει τις απόψεις μας για το πώς βλέπουμε τα πράγματα και το λογικό και αναμενόμενο είναι ότι θα κλίνουμε (ο καθένας) προς τα άρθρα και τα νέα που υποστηρίζουν τη δική μας ιδιαίτερη κλίση, ενισχύοντας έτσι συνεχώς και τη γνώμη μας. Όλες οι...

My two bob's worth.. and I can't think of anything better unfortunately. Αγοράστηκε/πωλήθηκε (ξαφνικά) κάτω από την μύτη μας .

Αυτοθυσιάστηκε ο μ.....ς ! ;)

Unbelievable !!! Πρόσφερε τον εαυτό του θυσία ; Άλλα το σπαθί εξανεμίσθηκε !

To fall on one's sword Greetings from down under. Nickel just posted some news from the BBC regarding the beleaguered Greek leader Papandreou and by association I started thinking of a term that would describe his current situation. I think his embattled status has just been upgraded from...

+1 To καλύτερο ! I can't improve on it .. but as a variation on this and nickel's suggestion .. from "Thank God" to "God help us".

Hi cougr, Good suggestion. We're like the elves making shoes overnight for the shoemaker that will either be accepted or thrown at us in the morning. :(

Good morning from down under ! I'm a bit tentative with this .. We went from "Thank you, Lord" to "Dear God ". ? or .. from thanksgiving to petitioning for divine favours. ? (which has altered the sentence structure).

Palavra The way you just described the idiom "Kρατάω το φανάρι" makes me think I was on the wrong track... and sorry if that's the case. I was looking at it from another direction - probably the wrong one by the look of things.

Hi Nickel, There's also the meaning of a signal light (for beacon), especially one used to warn of an enemy's approach... but I'm not insisting on beacon anyway, just suggesting it as one idea. In my second post above I dropped beacon altogether and suggested "watch over them" or "watch"... as...

Hi again ,, a couple of (2nd line) alternatives. I would have suggested you act as their beacon, to watch over them, but you are too goddamn short for that. I would have suggested for you to watch over them, but you are too goddamn short for that. Maybe something else along these lines ?

Maybe beacon ? I won't go just yet, I prefer to leave the two of them alone for a while. - I would have suggested you act as their beacon, but you are too goddamn short for that. bea·con    [bee-kuhn] Show IPA noun 1. a guiding or warning signal, as a light or fire, especially one in an...

Μόλις βρήκα αυτό .. δεν ξέρω πόσο έγκυρο είναι. http://exofitsio.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post_1818.html

Thank you dr. Very interesting re: The EFSF tabling the idea (or possibility) of issuing bonds to China. Nikel wrote ..re: Merkel's recent address. I hope so too - let's hope we all learn from this. In Australia we have low public debt but there's concern we have too much private debt and...

A good weekend to all ! Thanks SBE (re: the interesting BBC radio discussion and your summary thereof). I'm not responding to anyone here, just expressing my thoughts ,, Το Ελληνικό χρέος δεν μπορεί απλώς να μεταφερθεί ή να διαγραφεί χωρίς συνέπειες, όπως γνωρίζουμε, και όσον αφορά το...

Αυτό που δεν καταλαβαίνω ως αφορά το κούρεμα. Δεδομένου ότι οι μεγαλύτερο κάτοχοι του ελληνικού χρέους, δεν είναι οι ιδιώτες επενδυτές άλλα τα διάφορα όργανα (Η ΕΚΤ, διάφορες εθνικές κυβερνήσεις και ακόμα το ΔΝΤ) τα οποία δεν πρόκειται να υποστούν καμία απώλεια από το κούρεμα - το κούρεμα που...

Subject: Inside a car in the Japan Tsunami http://www.flixxy.com/japanese-tsunami-viewed-from-a-car.htm Yu Muroga was doing his job making deliveries when the 11 March 2011 earthquake hit in Japan . Unaware, like many people in the area, of how far inland the Tsunami would travel...

Ίσως και σποραδικά... άμα μιλάμε για βροχή (δηλαδή πως βρέχει) κτλ. It might be worth noting that there's an equivalent phrase (which you're all probably aware of) .. "fits and starts".