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Thanks, Duke. It's the English idiom as well:-'The needle's stuck....'

Thanks, 'Man of information..

Thanks, SBE. That explains the plural of χαρές. I find the πλάτες more puzzling, unless the use in the song is the poetic plural, common in Latin & indeed in Ancient Greek. Here is a similar use of the phrase in Ο Στολισμός της Νύφης Έχεις μαλλιά τετράξανθα στις πλάτες σου ριμμένα.

I am noticing more & more that Greek uses plural rather than the English singular. Examples:- --Με χαρές και πανηγύρια ετοιμάζουν το νέο αντιλαϊκό πακέτο. --Αύγουστος με χαρές και πανηγύρια! --υποδέχτηκαν τους επισκέπτες με χαρές. And for με πλάτες, ο χορός της νύφης:- Ετούτη η νύφη σήμερα έχει...

Thanks for all suggestions. No, Pontios, I just used your words to find expressions in Greek to match the above. You anyway acknowledged SBE's comments. Now I have the idioms i wanted.:rolleyes::)

Any good Greek expressions for unwanted repetition? I know πάλι τα ίδια/ξανά η ίδια ιστορία/τα ίδια και τα ίδια/τα ίδια σκατά. Any more graphic ones? Pontios used: 'Here we go again/we've heard it all before!' --- 'a jaded and uninspired rehash with lots of noise/fanfare and no...

Thanks, Nickel!

Thanks, all. It makes sense now. SBE, can you give me some other expressions for unwanted repetition? I know πάλι τα ίδια/ξανά η ίδια ιστορία/τα ίδια και τα ίδια/τα ίδια σκατά. Any more graphic ones?

What is the exact meaning of the above phrase in such sentences as in Βικιλεξικο:- Σήμερα χρησιμοποιείται σε περίπτωση επικείμενης ταραχής, πολιτικής κινητοποίησης ή γενικευμένων αντιδράσεων. Λέγεται και για μεμονωμένες περιπτώσεις. Δημοσιογραφικά η φράση αυτή έχει ευρεία χρήση. "Άρχισαν τα...

A very useful & flexible idiom. Thanks, 'Man.

Thank you so very much, SBE! Just the ticket.

Thanks, as ever, SBE. When we had our kitchen renovated six years ago, all the talk by the builders was about needing 'acro-props' [from the Greek άκρος be it said] & 'strongboys', which our build took as the technical term, not, it seems, knowing that it was a trade name.

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Yes, I think it is but is there a Greek masonry term to match the illustration, i.e. a wall prop head.

A UK advert runs as follows:- You could save your own or someone else's life, or help limit the long-term effects of stroke, by learning to think and Act F.A.S.T. F.A.S.T. or Face-Arms-Speech-Time is easy to remember and will help you to recognise if you or someone else is having a stroke...

The strongboy is the technical building term for the acrow-prop head wall support. See image at https://www.hss.com/hire/p/strongboy-wall-prop-head. What is the technical term in Greek?

Is there a Greek idiom which matches these approximately similar idioms? The first refers to the beginning of a harmful development: --Identity cards for students could be the thin end of the wedge - soon everyone might have to carry identification. 'Slippery slope' means:- -A course of action...

Thanks, 'Man. Do you also know what the Greek for 'strongboy' is? The latter is a Prop Head Wall Support--illustrated at https://www.hss.com/hire/p/strongboy-wall-prop-head.

Thanks, SBE.

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