Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Come pull my boobs to build up your muscles!
Greek translation:
τράβα τα βυζιά σου να κάνεις μπράτσα
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Hellinas
Apr 26, 2011 14:48
13 yrs ago
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English term
Come pull my boobs to build up your muscles!
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Modern Greek saying
Alexandra Fiada in her book Greek for Xenophobes says that this is a common idiom used in her native Athens to signify:- 'What you are talking about is nonsense'. Modern greek is full of rich idioms: I just wonder whether she has made this one up to overplay the idea that modern Greeks are bizarre.
Can anyone help me on this one?
Can anyone help me on this one?
Proposed translations
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Catherine Christaki
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Catherine Christaki
Canada
Canada
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Canada
DipTrans, ITI, 17-year experience
Native in: Greek (Variant: Modern)
Works in: English to Greek
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τράβα τα βυζιά σου να κάνεις μπράτσα
As you can see from the Google search, it's not commonly used (I hadn't heard it before). I don't think many Greeks know or use it. The first part of the phrase appears on its own more times in Google (but it's back-translated: go pull your boobs).
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I thought I had already awarded the above points to Ka. Christaki and thanked Ks. Lingris for his extra note! I don't know where my reply has gone to! Thanks to both."
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