be in evil plight
From LSJ
ὅνος λύρας ἀκούει κινῶν τά ὦτα → a donkey hears the lyre and wiggles its ears, caviar to the general
English > Greek (Woodhouse Extra)
κακῶς ἔχειν, ἀθλίως διακεῖσθαι
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