{"id":3215,"date":"2019-07-14T06:43:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-14T06:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=3215"},"modified":"2019-07-14T06:43:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T06:43:19","slug":"cotton-candy-or-old-womans-hair-greek-idioms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/cotton-candy-or-old-womans-hair-greek-idioms\/","title":{"rendered":"Cotton candy or old woman&#8217;s hair? Greek idioms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The word <span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af<\/span> takes different meanings depending on the context. It can mean hair, wool and yarn. There are many idioms and proverbs used in colloquial Greek.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3216\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/get\/52e9d2414a5bb10ff3d89938b977692b083edbe35051794f76297f\/cotton-candy-497209_640.jpg\" aria-label=\"Cotton Candy 497209 640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3216\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3216\"  alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/cotton-candy-497209_640.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/cotton-candy-497209_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/cotton-candy-497209_640-350x263.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By 491013 via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u03a0\u03cc\u03c3\u03bf \u03c0\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af;<\/span> (How much does it cost?)<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u0392\u03c1\u03ae\u03ba\u03b1 \u03b4\u03c9\u03bc\u03ac\u03c4\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03cd\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf \u03be\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03c7\u03b5\u03af\u03bf.\u00bb \u00ab\u03a0\u03cc\u03c3\u03bf \u03c0\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af;\u00bb (\u201cI found rooms at the new hotel.\u201d \u201cHow much do they cost?\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u039c\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b3\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2<\/span> (old woman\u2019s hair)<\/p>\n<p>It means cotton candy.<\/p>\n<p>\u03a4\u03b1 \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03ac \u03b1\u03b3\u03cc\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c0\u03bf\u03c0 \u03ba\u03bf\u03c1\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03b3\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1\u03c2. (The children bought popcorn and cotton candy.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u039c\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac \u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03b2\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u039a\u03bf\u03c5\u03b2\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9 is a ball of yarn. We use this expression when people have a serious argument.<\/p>\n<p>\u038c\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03bf \u03c3\u03c5\u03bc\u03b2\u03bf\u03bb\u03b1\u03b9\u03bf\u03b3\u03c1\u03ac\u03c6\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b4\u03b9\u03ac\u03b2\u03b1\u03c3\u03b5 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03b4\u03b9\u03b1\u03b8\u03ae\u03ba\u03b7, \u03c4\u03b1 \u03b4\u03c5\u03bf \u03b1\u03b4\u03ad\u03c1\u03c6\u03b9\u03b1 \u03ad\u03b3\u03b9\u03bd\u03b1\u03bd \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac \u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03b2\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03b1.<\/p>\n<p>(When the notary read the will, the two brothers had a fight.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u03a3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03bb\u03ae\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac<\/span> (literally, like the mad woman\u2019s hair)<\/p>\n<p>We use it to mean that something is a mess.<\/p>\n<p>\u0393\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03af \u03b4\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1\u03ba\u03c4\u03bf\u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u03af\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7 \u03bd\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03bb\u03ac\u03c0\u03b1 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c5; \u0388\u03c7\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b3\u03af\u03bd\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c3\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c4\u03c1\u03b5\u03bb\u03ae\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac. (Why don\u2019t you clean up your wardrobe? It\u2019s a total mess.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u03a4\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03b7\u03b3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2-\u03b7-\u03bf \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac<\/span> (literally, pulled by the hair)<\/p>\n<p>It means far-fetched.<\/p>\n<p>\u0394\u03b5\u03bd \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5 \u03ac\u03c1\u03b5\u03c3\u03b5 \u03b7 \u03c4\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03af\u03b1. \u03a4\u03bf \u03c3\u03b5\u03bd\u03ac\u03c1\u03b9\u03bf \u03ae\u03c4\u03b1\u03bd \u03c4\u03c1\u03b1\u03b2\u03b7\u03b3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf \u03b1\u03c0\u03cc \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac. (I didn&#8217;t like the movie. The story was far-fetched.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u039c\u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03b5 \u03b7 \u03b3\u03bb\u03ce\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/span> (my tongue grew hair)<\/p>\n<p>We use it when we make repeated efforts to convince someone.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u0394\u03b5\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03b5\u03af\u03c0\u03b5\u03c2 \u03cc\u03c4\u03b9 \u03b7 \u0386\u03bd\u03bd\u03b1 \u03b4\u03b5\u03bd \u03b8\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03be\u03b1\u03bd\u03b1\u03b4\u03b5\u03af;\u00bb \u00ab\u038c\u03bb\u03bf \u03c4\u03bf \u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03af \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03bb\u03ad\u03c9. \u039c\u03ac\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03b1\u03c3\u03b5 \u03b7 \u03b3\u03bb\u03ce\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5!\u00bb (\u201cDidn&#8217;t you tell him that Anna won\u2019t see him again?\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s what I have been telling him all morning. My tongue grew hair.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u039f \u03c0\u03bd\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c0\u2019\u03c4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b9\u03ac\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9<\/span> (a drowning man will clutch at a straw)<\/p>\n<p>\u0393\u03b9\u03b1\u03c4\u03af \u03b1\u03b3\u03cc\u03c1\u03b1\u03c3\u03b5 \u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf\u03ba\u03af\u03bd\u03b7\u03c4\u03bf \u03c3\u03c4\u03b7 \u03b3\u03c5\u03bd\u03b1\u03af\u03ba\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5; \u03a0\u03c1\u03bf\u03c3\u03c0\u03ac\u03b8\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03c3\u03ce\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf \u03b3\u03ac\u03bc\u03bf \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5. \u039f \u03c0\u03bd\u03b9\u03b3\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b1\u03c0\u2019 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c0\u03b9\u03ac\u03bd\u03b5\u03c4\u03b1\u03b9. (\u201cWhy did he buy his wife a car?\u201d \u201cHe tried to save his marriage. A drowning man will clutch a straw.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u03a0\u03ae\u03b3\u03b1 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b2\u03b3\u03ae\u03ba\u03b1 \u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2.<\/strong> \u039a\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 is one with trimmed hair.<\/p>\n<p>It is said for someone who wants to gain something but loses out at the end.<\/p>\n<p>\u039f \u0393\u03b9\u03ac\u03bd\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2 \u03c0\u03ae\u03b3\u03b5 \u03bd\u03b1 \u03b6\u03b7\u03c4\u03ae\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u03b1\u03cd\u03be\u03b7\u03c3\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf\u03bd \u03b1\u03c0\u03ad\u03bb\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1\u03bd. \u03a0\u03ae\u03b3\u03b5 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03b2\u03b3\u03ae\u03ba\u03b5 \u03ba\u03bf\u03c5\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2. (Giannis asked for a pay rise and got fired).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">\u03a0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03ce\u03bd\u03c9 \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bb\u03ae\u03c2 \u03bc\u03bf\u03c5<\/span> (literally, to pay the hair of my head)<\/p>\n<p>It is said when one spends a lot of money on something.<\/p>\n<p>\u03a0\u03bb\u03b7\u03c1\u03ce\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03bd \u03c4\u03b1 \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac \u03c4\u03b7\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b5\u03c6\u03b1\u03bb\u03ae\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2 \u03b3\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf \u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03c9\u03c4\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc \u03c3\u03c7\u03bf\u03bb\u03b5\u03af\u03bf \u03c4\u03c9\u03bd \u03c0\u03b1\u03b9\u03b4\u03b9\u03ce\u03bd \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2. (They pay a lot of money for their children\u2019s private school).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3217\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/get\/57e4dd47495aab14f1dc8460825668204022dfe055527141732b7fd7\/thread-1484387_640.jpg\" aria-label=\"Thread 1484387 640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3217\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3217\"  alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/thread-1484387_640.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/thread-1484387_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/thread-1484387_640-350x233.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">By snd63 via Pixabay<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/thread-1484387_640-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/thread-1484387_640-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2019\/07\/thread-1484387_640.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>The word \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af takes different meanings depending on the context. It can mean hair, wool and yarn. There are many idioms and proverbs used in colloquial Greek. \u03a0\u03cc\u03c3\u03bf \u03c0\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af; (How much does it cost?) \u00ab\u0392\u03c1\u03ae\u03ba\u03b1 \u03b4\u03c9\u03bc\u03ac\u03c4\u03b9\u03b1 \u03c3\u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9\u03bd\u03bf\u03cd\u03c1\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf \u03be\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03b4\u03bf\u03c7\u03b5\u03af\u03bf.\u00bb \u00ab\u03a0\u03cc\u03c3\u03bf \u03c0\u03ac\u03b5\u03b9 \u03c4\u03bf \u03bc\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03af;\u00bb (\u201cI found rooms at the new hotel.\u201d \u201cHow much do&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/cotton-candy-or-old-womans-hair-greek-idioms\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":3217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[274452],"tags":[292997,292946,363587,13],"class_list":["post-3215","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vocablary","tag-greek-colloquialisms","tag-greek-idioms","tag-greek-proverbs","tag-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3215"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3218,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3215\/revisions\/3218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3217"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}