Τρώω τα νύχια μου

Meaning: I'm extremely anxious and impatient.

Language: Greek

Literally: I'm eating my nails

Category: Body & Senses

Origin: Modern Greek expression of nervous anticipation.

More idioms — Body & Senses

• Casser les pieds à quelqu'un — To annoy or bore someone greatly.
• Avoir un poil dans la main — To be extremely lazy.
• Prendre ses jambes à son cou — To run away very fast.
• Se lever du pied gauche — To wake up in a bad mood.
• Mettre les pieds dans le plat — To put one's foot in it; to say something awkward or blunt.
• avoir des fourmis — Experiencing a tingling or prickling sensation in a limb losing circulation.

More Greek idioms

• Να πας στα τρία ρέματα — Get lost or go away; an irreverent dismissal telling someone to leave you alone.
• Έχει φτερά το χρήμα — Money disappears quickly and easily without your realizing how you spent it.
• Φέρνω νερό στο μύλο κάποιου — Unwittingly help someone achieve their own goals while thinking you're working against th…
• Τα έκανε θάλασσα — He made a complete mess of it.
• Μου άναψες τα λαμπάκια — You made me furious.
• Τρώω κουτόχορτο — To act like an idiot, as if drugged into stupidity.

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