Popular sayings in Greek
Below, you will find a list with the most common sayings in Greek:
Every language and culture has wisdom or advice expressed through short, pithy sentences.
Firsty, It’s very important to know some sayings and their meanings, since they are more often metaphorical and difficult to understand, if you don’t really know them.
So, the list below includes some sayings and examples in sentences:
”Τα μάτια σου 14” = ”(Have) your eyes 14”. ”Be careful”. When you have 14 eyes you can probably see more things than only having two.
– Να έχεις τα μάτια σου 14, όταν οδηγείς! = Have your eyes 14, when you drive.
”Σιγά τα λάχανα” = ‘‘Slowly the cabbage’‘ ”Not a big deal!”. You can use it with a sarcastic way and it indicates that something is of little consequence.
-Περπάτησα 2 χιλιόμετρα χτες! = Ι walked 2 km yesterday!
– Σιγά τα λάχανα! Εγώ περπατάω 5 χιλιόμετρα κάθε μέρα. = ”Not a big deal!” I walk 5 km everyday.
”Έφαγα πόρτα” = ”I ate door”. For example in English you have a similar phrase which is ”I got rejected”. Addionally, this saying also means ”to get banned (from a club / bar etc.)”
Έφαγα πόρτα από τη Μαρία στο ραντεβού μας! = I go rejected from Maria in our date!
Έφαγα πόρτα στο μπαρ! = I got banned from the bar!
”Άκου να δεις”! = Listen to see! : ”Listen carefully, you won’t believe”
– Άκου να δεις τι έγινε χτες! = You won’t believe what happened yesterday!
”Πέφτω από τα σύννεφα” = ”Ι fall from the clouds” :
It expresses when you are in a wonderful state (clouds) and you are losing. Therefore, you come down (with a negative way) to the earth.
Also, it shows that you are negatively surpriced by something, as you were expecting something complitely different from what it finally happened.
-Έπεσα από τα σύννεφα όταν είδα τον Νίκο με την Ελένη! = I fall from the clouds when I saw Nick with Helen! (I came down to the earth, I was socked).