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Again all this information is greatly appreciated. A thousand thanks to SBE for her lengthy excursus on the Greek press & media --more essential material to give me an accurate picture of the situation in Greece & the link to an important piece of investigative journalism. I'm still trying to...

Thanks, so much, Dr. As I have said before, I am only interested in the linguistic content but put my query here as instructed. Moreover, I am indebted to these forums for everything that I know about Greece. I am at last gaining confidence in translating most Greek that I read & my appetite is...

Thanks, m_a_a.

An article I have quoted in another part of the forum, which, I'm told by Palavra is bad Greek to say the least, runs like this in a paragraph near the end. (Looking at the title--The Secret Real Truth--it is obvious now to me that it is from a very dubious source). See...

Thanks, Earion. The Roman emperor's name is indeed Sĕvērus. My mistake.:(

I am deeply indebted to you all! As I said. I was more interested in the linguistic content than in the political slant. In future. I shall put such stuff, should I need to, in the appropriate section of the forum. Thanks for the enlightenment on the present political situation. Thanks too to...

Thanks, Dr. & Palαύρα, for all your help. It is very difficult to find in our national news bulletins anything about the current state of the Greek economy. It just doesn't feature for obvious reasons. Maybe you can give me an unbiased view of the situation now. Of course, I cannot have an...

This appears in a criticism of Μένω Ευρώπη:- ..Ο Μπάμπης [Μπάμπης Παπαδημητρίου?] του σκάϊ στη θέση του, μαζί με τ’ άλλα παιδιά για την ενημέρωσή σου, με τ’ αφεντικά τους να χρωστάν ο καθένας δύο αεπ ,αλλά δεν πειράζει, μένεις ευρώπη. First of all, I take the letters in bold to mean Babis of...

ZΗρώδειο συγγνώμη, καλέ μου Δρ.Εφτάφορε!:blush:

Ευχ, Σέβερε.

Thanks, SBE. I suppose the song clip you have given me should be punctuated σβήσε με, κυρά μου. in other words, κυρά is vocative.:)

What are the idioms in Greek corresponding to these two English idioms? I have for the negative idiom στα μαύρα κατάστιχα. Is this correct? But, if so, what is its opposite?:( :)

A lovely song & thanks for your contribution to this thread.:)

Thanks, dharvatis. I'm looking at them now. 74 is quite a lot to take in!

Wow,wow,wow!! This list is enough to drive me mad! Can any colleague translate the above sentences & I will be beyond madness. Indeed, away with the fairies...

Thanks, both! The list is coming in....:)

Both phrases amount to the same thing: the person spoken of is vacant & stupid, like τοὔστριψε ἡ βίδα. There are many phrases in English, describing such a person. This is a collection:- a sandwich short of a picnic a few beers short of a six-pack one brick short of a load not playing with a...

Χαχαχαχα, Δρ., ώριμης ηλικίας μα σοφίας Σολομώντος...!

I came across the γιαλή form, while researching what the word meant in this context. It was from the Greek Wikipedia article at https://el.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Γιαλί. I quote:- Γιαλί (τουρκικά yalı, από τη μεσαιωνική ελληνική γιαλή) ονόμαζαν οι Οθωμανοί τον αιγιαλό και κατ' επέκταση τα...

Πάλι, να 'σαι καλά, αγαθέ μου Δρ.