What does it mean?
Someone outdid me or proved more capable in a situation.
Closest English saying: They showed me up; they ran rings around me.
What does it literally say?
Μου έβαλε τα γυαλιά
Mou évale ta yialiá
“He/she put the glasses on me.”
The glasses suggest that someone made me see clearly something I had missed; this reading does not prove a historical etymology.
How is it used?
«Η νεότερη συνεργάτιδα έλυσε το πρόβλημα και μου έβαλε τα γυαλιά.»
“The newer colleague solved the problem and put the glasses on me.”
Where does it come from?
Established colloquial modern Greek. The first historical record of the expression has not been confirmed on eipane.
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