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... less any ...

... μείον όποιου / όποιας . ..

Valentini Mellas

all bets are off

δεν μπορεί να γίνει καμία πρόβλεψη

Assimina Vavoula

Dad's the word

ο μπαμπάς μου ο καλός

Spiros Doikas

have your finger on the pulse

θα είστε πάντα ενημερωμένοι / ενήμεροι για τις εξελίξεις

Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi

hit the high seas

βγαίνω στ' ανοιχτά

Angeliki Papadopoulou

It beats a sharp stick in the eye

Από το ολότελα καλή και η Παναγιώταινα

Spiros Doikas

It's a close race, but humans have the edge

....στήθος με στήθος, αλλά....αλλά (προς το παρόν/για την ώρα) οι άνθρωποι/ο άνθρωπος (κ.λπ.) έχουν το προβάδισμα/ υπεροχή

Assimina Vavoula

Jack of all trades, master of none

πολυτεχνίτης και ερημοσπίτης / ξέρει λίγο απ΄όλα και τίποτα

Maria Karra

neither fish nor fowl

και την πίτα ολόκληρη και το σκύλο χορτάτο

(Non-member)

Το πάθημα γίνεται μάθημα

by mistakes we learn

(Non-member)

Old School quotes start flying faster right around last call

οι αναμνήσεις από το σχολειό δίνουν και παίρνουν την ώρα που κλείνει η μπιραρία

Assimina Vavoula

Out of kilter

δεν ανταποκρίνεται σε/δεν συμφωνεί με

Ioanna Daskalopoulou

sing one's way to a good nights sleep

αποκοιμηθείς τραγουδώντας, να τραγουδάς μέχρι ν' αποκοιμηθείς, Να τραγουδάς μέχρι να παραδοθείς στις αγκάλες του Μορφέα

Spiros Doikas

The wobbly of all wobblies

κάνω τα νεύρα τσατάλια, σπάω τα νεύρα, φτάνω κάποιον στα όριά του

Spiros Doikas

to go ape shit

εξοργίζομαι, βγαίνω από το ρούχα μου

(Non-member)

to go whole hog

το γλεντάω/του δίνω και καταλαβαίνει/τα δίνω όλα/κάνω σωστή δουλειά/δεν κάνω μισές δουλειές/το πάω ως το τέρμα

Vicky Papaprodromou

Turn on, tune in, drop out

(1) Ξύπνα, συντονίσου, ξεκόλλα (2) Φτιάξου, συντονίσου, χάσου

Nick Lingris

without the intention to be exhaustive

χωρίς την πρόσθεση να τα περιλαμβάνει όλα, χωρίς την πρόσθεση να είναι εξαντλητική

Spiros Doikas

You can't blame the mirror for your ugly face

όταν φταίει ο γάιδαρος, δεν χτυπάμε το σαμάρι

Elena Malchik

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