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单词 beware (or fear) the Greeks bearing gifts
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beware (or fear) the Greeks bearing gifts

proverb If a rival or enemy shows one generosity or kindness, one should be suspicious of their motives.“Beware the Greeks bearing gifts,” he cries, hurling a spear into its side....
  • The only antidote to this kind of thing that I can think of, is the folklore wisdom contained in "Beware the Greeks bearing gifts."
  • Government also seems to have realised that it should beware the Greeks bearing gifts.
With allusion to Virgil's Aeneid (ii. 49)
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