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Rome was not built in a day: a complex or ambitious task is bound to take a long time and should not be rushed.
( there is) no rose without a thorn: every apparently desirable situation has its share of trouble or difficulty.
royal road to: a way of attaining or reaching something without trouble.
Ζ Ρώκε δε ρηίζηεθε ζε κία κέξα.
Γελ ππάξρεη ηξηαληάθπιιν δίρσο αγθάζη.
Ζ βαζηιηθή νδόο
Explanation: This expression alludes to a remark attributed to the Greek mathematician Euclid( c. 300 BC). When the Egyptian ruler Ptolemy I asked whether geometry could not be made easier, Euclid is said to have replied: ' There is no royal road to geometry '.
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one and the same: the same person or thing( used for emphasis).
packed like sardines: crowded very close together.
change of scene( or scenery): a move to different surroundings.
Scylla and Charybdis: used to refer to a situation involving two dangers in which an attempt to avoid one increases the risk from the other
Μηα από ηα ίδηα.
Ο έλαο πάλσ ζηνλ άιιν.
Αιιαγή ζθεληθνύ.
Από ηε θύιια ζηε Υάξπβδε ή από ην ιύθν ζηελ αξθνύδα.
Explanation: In classical mythology, Scy // a was a female sea monster who devoured sailors when they tried to navigate the narrow channel between her and the whirlpool Charybdis. In later legends, Scylla was a dangerous rock, located on the Italian side of the Strait of Messina, a channel which separatesthe island of Sicily from the ' toe ' of Italy.
second childhood: a state of childishness that sometimes occurs in old age.
sell your soul( to the devil): do or be willing to do anything, no matter how wrong, in order to achieve your objective.
Γεύηεξε ληόηε.
Πνύιεζε ηελ ςπρή ηνπ.