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- "Η απόδειξη στο σκοτάδι."
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Odd sentence, I think the writer had some saying in mind but what! " The proof is in the pudding"?
I cannot think of any phrase, idiom, proverb that would account for this. I'm asking the other contributors but I think it will need to be deleted. Maybe it's a film noir? Thanks again for bringing it to our attention.
Μέχρι τώρα δεν είχα δώσει σημασία σε αυτή τη φράση. Τώρα συνειδητοποιώ πόσο παράξενη είναι. Τι θέλει να πει ο ποιητής; ._.
Still here. I'm not a native, but it does not make sense to me either...
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It's one of the odd phrases that DL uses sometimes. It is not an idiom or proverb, nor does it have any special significance. Grammatically it is correct, but a complete sentence would be "Η απόδειξη είναι στο σκοτάδι".
P.S. I am a native speaker of Greek.
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A wannabe film noir, but it would be a commercial failure with this title. Maybe a more attractive one could be :-)
Giorgio Yianni, thank you for your comment. Duo has many sentences which make no sense, not only in Greek but in several other languages too.
No, I don't think it would. It's just a phrase to teach vocabulary and syntax.
Can anyone please elaborate as to what it means? Is it like "there is a proof, but it's hidden from us" kinda deal?
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It is an incomplete phrase and so the meaning is vague, just as in the English transaltion. Sometimes DL uses odd fragments of sentences to stress word learning rather than text comprehension, so I wouldn't worry too much if I were you.
Honestly... I personally don't have a clue.
It could mean that the proof is hidden, or it's literally somewhere dark. This sentence seems to have an obscure context, if not no context at all. :P
It's not too bad though. Just a bit strange. We might replace it with another one. ^.^
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I think 'darkness' should also be accepted as a translation as in 'the evidence in the darkness' (the strengthen bot wanted 'dark').
Perhaps it could be the translation of the title of a Scando Noir detective story? It has a sort of Arnaldur Indriðason feel, to my ear
Duo sto skotadhi...and he proves you should take your lesson every day, or at least every other day! XD
If you read the other comments on this page, which you should always do before posting, you'll see that there is no real meaning. It's just an exercise to teach vocabulary and syntax and perhaps deliberately a bit odd to keep you thinking.
