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Greeks Bearing Gifts

Monday December 24, 2007
Many idioms don't translate directly from one language to another. For instance, both German and English have expressions related to "Greeks bearing gifts" (i.e., the Trojan horse), but they don't use the same idioms at all. Where do these expressions come from? More...

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