MESSED IT UP PLAYS DUMB I GIVE UP I HAD A HARD TIME NITPICKING DOES WHATEVER HE WANTS IT GETS ON MY NERVES YOU CAN'T IMAGINE I'M COMPLETELY CONFUSED I BECAME SUSPICIOUS IT'S IMPOSSIBLE RUIN IT AT THE LAST MINUTE I'M IN A TERRIBLE STATE I'M HEAD OVER HEELS I EARN A LIVING I WAS TERRIFIED HEAD IN THE CLOUDS IN MY OWN WORLD I OPEN MY HEART I GOT REJECTED
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Πιάσε το αυγό και κούρευ' το
Literally "grab the egg and give it a haircut," the idiom presents a nonsensical and impossible task. Just as you cannot give a haircut to a smooth, hairless egg, the situation being described is equally futile. It's a colorful way to dismiss something as undoable.
Examples in context
Να τον πείσεις; Πιάσε το αυγό και κούρευ' το.
Convince him? It's impossible.
Αυτό που ζητάς δεν γίνεται, πιάσε το αυγό και κούρευ' το.
What you're asking for can't be done, it's impossible.
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