English-Greek translations for crutch

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δεκανίκιΩστόσο, η Ευρώπη δεν είναι δεκανίκι ή θεραπεία για μια οικονομική κρίση. However, Europe is not a crutch or a cure for an economic crisis. Όσον αφορά το ζήτημα των ποσοστώσεων, αυτές είναι πάντα δεκανίκια, αλλά μπορούν επίσης να αποτελέσουν γέφυρες. Turning to the subject of quotas, these are always crutches, but they can be bridges. Για να επιτευχθεί ο στόχος αυτός, δεν υπάρχει κατ' αρχήν καμμία ανάγκη για το δεκανίκι του ενιαίου νομίσματος. Αρκεί να υπάρχει το θάρρος της λιτότητας. In order to achieve that objective, there is no real need for the crutch of the single currency - all that is needed is courage and discipline.

A device to assist in motion as a cane, especially one that provides support under the arm to reduce weight on a leg
Something that supports, often used negatively to indicate that it is not needed and causes an unhealthful dependency; a prop
A crotch; the area of body where the legs fork from the trunk
A knee, or piece of knee timber
A type of cross formed from two C-shapes joined back to back
To support on crutches; to prop up
To move on crutches
To stir with a crutch (in soap making

He walked on crutches for a month until the cast was removed from his leg.
Alcohol became a crutch to help him through the long nights; eventually it killed him.

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