παίρνω την κάτω βόλτα

Meaning

εξελίσσομαι αρνητικά, παίρνω καθοδική πορεία

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Greek

to go downhill

English

aller à vau-l'eau

French

to go into a spin

English

to decline

English

to go to pot

English

Corpus Examples

Relations

Usages

Hithe0AtDfFeSgNm
πήρεpiretake2VbMnIdPa03SgXxPeAvXx
ΕυρώπηEvropiEurope1NoCmFeSgNm
τηνtinthe3AtDfFeSgAc
βόλτα.voltaturn5NoCmFeSgAc
κάτωkatodown4AdXxBa

Europe has gone downhill

http://www.crashonline.gr/bloomberg-%CE%B7-%CE%B5%CF%85%CF%81%CF%89%CF%80%CE%B7-%CF%80%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%B5-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%89-%CE%B2%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%B1-%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3/

Forms

κάτωκάτωLEMMA-10-1013AdXxBa
ητηνLEMMA-10-1012AtDfFeSgAc
βόλταβόλταLEMMA-10-1014NoCmFeSgAc
NP-NOM-10-100
παίρνωLEMMA-10-101Vb

Diagnostics

Can different NPs trigger agreement on the verb? yes

Examples

Does the MWE accept a free XP? yes

Examples

Word order permutations involving the subject as well yes

Examples

Cliticisation of the WWS no

Examples

Causative-inchoative alternation no

Passivisation no

Alternation of a free NP-GEN / free σε-PP / free από-PP with Dative Genitive no