τον κώλο βάζεις μάγειρα, σκατά θα μαγειρέψει

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Proverb[edit]

τον κώλο βάζεις μάγειρα, σκατά θα μαγειρέψει (ton kólo vázeis mágeira, skatá tha mageirépsei) (literally: you put an arse as a cook, it will cook shit)

  1. (colloquial, humorous, vulgar) if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys (if one gives a task to someone incompetent, they will receive results of the same standard)

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