Τρώω πόρτα
Meaning: To be refused entry or turned down flat.
Language: Greek
Literally: To eat door
Category: Daily Life
Origin: The door shut firmly in your face is 'eaten' — a modern Greek image of rejection and being kept out.
More idioms — Daily Life
- At trække det store læs — To do the heavy lifting and carry the work.
- Kibújik a szög a zsákból — The hidden truth comes out.
- A o da în bară — To mess up or fail.
- İğneyle kuyu kazmak — To undertake a painfully slow, laborious task.
- حبل الكذب قصير (ḥabl al-kadhib qaṣīr) — Lies never last; they are soon exposed.
- نوشدارو بعد از مرگ سهراب (Nushdaroo ba'd az marg-e Sohraab) — A solution that arrives uselessly too late.
More Greek idioms
- Πιάστηκε στα πράσα — Caught red-handed.
- Μασάω τα λόγια μου — To mumble and not speak plainly.
- Σιγά τα λάχανα — Big deal! (extreme sarcasm)
- Τρώω τα νύχια μου — I'm extremely anxious and impatient.
- 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.
From our tongue twisters
- 隣の客はよく柿食う客だ (Tonari no kyaku wa yoku kaki kuu kyaku da) — A tricky spiral on ka/ki/ku that accelerates as you try to keep the syllables distinct.
- Como poco coco como, poco coco compro. — A bouncy 'co' drill — the word order and meaning flip with each repetition.
- Pepe Pecas pica papas con un pico. ¿Con qué pico pica papas Pepe Pecas? — A bouncy 'p' cluster that accelerates with the question at the end.