Without him we do not advance, usually we will find him sowing beans and sometimes we burn him and anoint him with oil. Who is he?;
Of course John. We all have a John and we have all said a proverb that refers to him at some point. The favorite of Greek proverbs, John has his due….. and we honor him by collecting the proverbs that are heard in his name.
Read some of the many written about them by the Greek people below:
1. I had John, I have John and if I ever become a widower, again…
John, I'll be back!
2. We still haven't seen John, we baptized him!!!
3. Home without John, does not prevent.
4. I'll burn you, John, to s’ I spread honey to heal
5. I'll burn you, John, to anoint you with oil
6. Cut cedar, make Antonis and Thanasis from the plane tree,
if you also talk about Giannis, whatever wood it is
7. What are you doing, John?; I'm sowing seeds
8. Giannis the therio is afraid and the therio is afraid of Giannis
9. No, John…Johnny
10. What did you have, John?, what i always had.
11. John is serving, John is drinking
12. When Giannis can't , when his ass hurts
13. Sarapente Yiannides a rooster's knowledge
14. The good things of Giannis, and we don't call Giannis
15. Giannis the therio is afraid and the therio is afraid of Giannis
16. If the Giannis had knowledge, to lend us cotton wool.
17. Run Yannis was spinning and Nikolos was carting.
18. No one else gave birth except Mario to Giannis
19. Do Yanno m’ your job, and then again your aunt.
It is questionable, because there are so many proverbs about John.
“Giannides are therefore the favorite target of these proverbial phrases. Why; Maybe because the name John is very common, probably the most common name in Greek, next is to become a target, of all the others who are not called Giannides.
So, Agathoulis is called Yiannakis, the infinite, both in civilian life and in the army where new recruits are called yannakia, Strabogianni, Giannis. As friend Tipukeitos testified in a related thread about military language, (comment 46) recently heard "Giannis" being used on Cypriot radio as a synonym for dumb.
Let's see the proverbs and phrases with Giannides collected. I am lucky because John is in the published section of N.'s proverbs. Citizen, so I can quote his comments as well.
Forty-five Johns of a Rooster knowledge. The most common proverb among those that drag the Giannis, says the Citizen, which also mentions a Cephalonite myth about 45 Giants who drowned trying to uproot a tree. However, the Citizen does not say that the expression comes from the myth, rather the opposite will happen. Politis even gives a French equivalent (Two Jeans and a Pierre make a whole donkey, Two Johns and one Petros make a whole ass) as well as Spanish same as French.
No, John, Johnny. We say it when someone tries to represent two similar things as different from each other or when someone elaborates and tries to bring about trivial changes, says the Citizen. According to K. Cassia, in Mani it used to be the case that there were brothers named Giannis and Giannakis the other, so when a Giannakis presented himself to the army and was called Giannis, he answered thus. But the expression is pan-Hellenic and probably before the modern Greek state.
What are you doing, John?; I'm sowing seeds. For those who answer one thing instead of another, as an example of incoherent discussion. Some continue it: And your co-daughter; Holds seven gauges. The proverb exists in Varner, so it is from the 17th century.
John plays and John drinks. For those who in words take care of the common good while in reality they look out for their own interest. The proverb was used a lot in his national assembly 1829 from the anti-Kapodistrians, because the representatives persuasively voted for,what Kapodistrias was sending them, but it is older. indeed, the Citizen also gives a Bulgarian equivalent, with the name Gani instead of John.
What did you have, John?, what i always had. For someone who stays the same (poor or average) situation. And for the incorrigible. And for not changing the situation despite the change of government. Varner has it (What's up John?; I always have them).
We still haven't seen him, John, we got him out. For those who predict and discount future plans based on uncertain expectations. Some say that Kolokotronis said it when he was called to baptize a child before it was even born, but the proverb is older, since Varner mentions her, so Kolokotronis simply repeated an existing proverb. According to Politis, there is a myth here, with the naive girl who brought her a suitor and began to think about how to get married, will have a son, John will take him out, she will get sick and die, so she started crying. A similar proverb exists in other languages. Greek writer Nikos Nikolaou recently wrote about this expression.
When John can't, when his ass hurts. For the sick or for those who are pretending to be sick.
I'll burn you, John, to anoint you with honey (or oil; some add: to heal). We say it to someone who comforts us or tries to treat us while he himself has caused the harm we suffered.
Giannis the therio is afraid and the therio is afraid of Giannis. In a confrontation where the fear is mutual; often said at football matches, when no group is opened.
Home without John, preemption does not. Answer to the… anti-Jainism of other expressions. Politis has other "friendly" proverbs, which are not so well known, as where John and God's grace.
The good things of Giannis, we don't call John.
There are other proverbs with John, not so well known, I skip them because we will never finish. If you know another "Yannian" proverb-phrase-expression, feel free to add it in the comments. Or rather I will add one more expression with Giannis, but also by other names.
Come on Antonis
and from Manoli sycamore
and if you are also asking about Giannis,
The,what kind of wood do you cut?.
Happy birthday to John and John!!!!
Source : madata.gr
Diligence : Mykonos Ticker Editorial Team