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• Beware of the Greeks bearing gifts (of the gift bearing Greeks) - Боюсь данайцев и дары приносящих (Б), Недруг дарит, зло мыслит (H)• I fear the Greeks, even when bringing gifts - Боюсь данайцев и дары приносящих (Б)• When Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war - Дым с чадом сошелся (Д), Кремень на кремень - искра (K), Нашла коса на камень (H) -
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1) General subject: Grecian gift, Greek gift2) Idiomatic expression: a Greek gift (ср: бойся данайцев и дары приносящих) -
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м.принести что-л. в дар — make* a gift of smth., present smth.
дар слова — gift of eloquence; gift of the gab разг.
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м.1) ( подарок) gift; (пожертвование и т.п.) donation; юр. grantпринести́ что-л в дар — make a gift of smth, present smth
2) (рд.; + инф.; талант) gift (of)дар сло́ва — gift of eloquence; gift of the gab разг.
дар ре́чи — gift of speech
••дары́ дана́йцев — Greek gift sg (см. тж. данайцы)
дары́ Свято́го Ду́ха рел. — Gifts of the Holy Spirit
Святы́е дары́ рел. — Holy Sacrament sg / gifts
потеря́ть / утра́тить дар ре́чи (молчать от изумления, растерянности и т.п.) — be unable to find one's tongue, be speechless
обрести́ дар ре́чи — find one's tongue
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см. тж. боюсь данайцев, дары приносящихlit. gift of the Danaans; Greek gift -
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Idiomatic expression: a Greek giftУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > подарок, скрывающий в себе опасность
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1) Religion: Cassandra (In Greek mythology, a daughter of Priam endowed with the gift of prophecy but fated never to be believed)2) Greek: Cassandra -
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1) Religion: Nereus (In Greek religion, sea god noted for his wisdom, gift of prophecy, and ability to change his shape)2) Greek: Nereus (морское божество) -
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ТРОЯНСКИЙ КОНЬ lit NP sing only fixed WOa subversive, harmful device, action, group of people etc that is disguised as something good: Trojan horse.From the legend of the large hollow wooden horse that the Greeks presented to the Trojans as a gift. When the Trojans took the horse into Troy, the Greek soldiers hiding inside the horse emerged and opened the gates of the city to the Greek army. Described in Homer's Odyssey (Vffl, 492-520 etc) and Virgil's Aeneid (II, 15ff). -
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• ТРОЯНСКИЙ КОНЬ lit[NP; sing only; fixed WO]=====⇒ a subversive, harmful device, action, group of people etc that is disguised as something good:- Trojan horse.—————← From the legend of the large hollow wooden horse that the Greeks presented to the Trojans as a gift. When the Trojans took the horse into Troy, the Greek soldiers hiding inside the horse emerged and opened the gates of the city to the Greek army. Described in Homer's Odyssey (VIII, 492-520 etc) and Virgil's Aeneid(II, 15ff).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > троянский конь
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