"ζήσε Μάη μου να φας τριφύλλι" meaning in All languages combined

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        "1": "“live, my poor (donkey), till May when you can eat clover”"
      },
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      "args": {
        "1": "“don't die, my donkey, don't die, clover will sprout in summer”"
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        "1": "literally, “don't die, my donkey, don't die, clover will sprout in summer”"
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        "1": "don't die, my donkey, don't die, clover will sprout in summer"
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  "etymology_text": "Shortened version of ζήσε μαύρε μου να φας τον Μάη τριφύλλι (zíse mávre mou na fas ton Mái trifýlli) (literally, “live, my poor (donkey), till May when you can eat clover”), which is an idiom of agricultural origin (i.e. expressing disbelief that on a difficult winter a donkey can survive till May when clover will have sprouted again). Through loss of etymological transparency, the phrase acquired its modern form probably in the 20ᵗʰ c. The shortened forms ζήσε Μάη μου να φας τριφύλλι and ζήσε μαύρε μου να φας τριφύλλι are the most common today.\nThe older phrase is of Byzantine Greek origin, as it is already recorded by Levinus Warner (mid-17ᵗʰ c.). A calque of this phrase has also been inherited to Modern Turkish as ölme eşeğim ölme yaza yonca bitecek (literally, “don't die, my donkey, don't die, clover will sprout in summer”) or more rarely ölme eşeğim ölme çayır çimen bitecek, usually shortened to ölme eşeğim ölme.",
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        "that'll be the day, that'll be the frosty Friday (said in disbelief that something is to happen until a very long time in the future or at all)"
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          "that'll be the frosty Friday"
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        "(idiomatic) that'll be the day, that'll be the frosty Friday (said in disbelief that something is to happen until a very long time in the future or at all)"
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          "roman": "zíse mávre mou na fas trifýlli",
          "word": "ζήσε μαύρε μου να φας τριφύλλι"
        },
        {
          "roman": "zíse mávre mou na fas ton Mái trifýlli",
          "word": "ζήσε μαύρε μου να φας τον Μάη τριφύλλι"
        },
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          "roman": "zíse mávre mou na fas ton Mái trifýlli kai ton Ávgousto stafýli",
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      "ipa": "/ˈzi.se ˈma.i mu na fas tɾiˈfi.li/"
    }
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  "word": "ζήσε Μάη μου να φας τριφύλλι"
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        "1": "“don't die, my donkey, don't die, clover will sprout in summer”"
      },
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        "1": "literally, “don't die, my donkey, don't die, clover will sprout in summer”"
      },
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        "1": "don't die, my donkey, don't die, clover will sprout in summer"
      },
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      "name": "qfliteral"
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        "that'll be the day, that'll be the frosty Friday (said in disbelief that something is to happen until a very long time in the future or at all)"
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        "(idiomatic) that'll be the day, that'll be the frosty Friday (said in disbelief that something is to happen until a very long time in the future or at all)"
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      "english": "shortened version",
      "roman": "zíse Mái mou",
      "word": "ζήσε Μάη μου"
    },
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      "roman": "zíse mávre mou na fas trifýlli",
      "word": "ζήσε μαύρε μου να φας τριφύλλι"
    },
    {
      "roman": "zíse mávre mou na fas ton Mái trifýlli",
      "word": "ζήσε μαύρε μου να φας τον Μάη τριφύλλι"
    },
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      "roman": "zíse mávre mou na fas ton Mái trifýlli kai ton Ávgousto stafýli",
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  "word": "ζήσε Μάη μου να φας τριφύλλι"
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