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GREEK GIFT

Specialty Definition: GREEK GIFT

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Literature

Greek Gift (A). A treacherous gift. The reference is to the Wooden Horse said to be a gift or offering to the gods for a safe return from Troy, but in reality a ruse for the destruction of the city. (See Fatal Gifts.)
"Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes."
Virgil: Æneid, ii. 49. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: GREEK GIFT

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

greek gift

34

greek gift basket

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: GREEK GIFT

Language Translations for "GREEK GIFT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

gyanús ajándék (grecian gift), veszedelmes ajándék (grecian gift). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eekgray iftgay

   

Russian 

  

дары данайцев. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

zarara uğratmak için verilen hediye. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: GREEK GIFT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-f-g-g-i-k-r-t"

-3 letters: greige.

-4 letters: egger, egret, greek, greet, grief, grift, kefir, kiter, refit, retie, tiger, trike.

-5 letters: eger, feet, fere, fete, fire, free, fret, frig, frit, geek, gift, girt, gree, grig, grit, keef, keet, keir, kerf, kief, kier, kite, reef, reek, reft, reif, rete, rife, rift, rite, tier, tike, tire, tree, tref, trek, trig.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Expressions: Internet
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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