What does it mean?
I completely lose my composure or my sense of order and don’t know what to do.
Closest English saying: To lose the plot; to be all at sea.
What does it literally say?
Χάνω τα αυγά και τα πασχάλια
Háno ta avgá ke ta pashália
“I lose the eggs and the Easter.”
Eggs and the Easter festivities together make a humorous exaggeration of total disorganisation.
How is it used?
«Μόλις ακυρώθηκαν οι πτήσεις, χάσαμε τα αυγά και τα πασχάλια.»
“As soon as the flights were cancelled, we lost the eggs and the Easter.”
Where does it come from?
Established colloquial modern Greek. The first historical record of the expression has not been confirmed on eipane.
This is an English edition of the Greek entry, which remains the reference version. The English text was written from the Greek entry with the help of AI tools and checked against it. Suggest a correction ↗