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a treacherous gift intended to bring disaster, destroy its recipient(s)beware of Greeks bearing giftsgifts borne by Greeks.From the legend of the large wooden horse built by the Greeks and taken by the Trojans into their city as a gift. Later, the Greeks who had hidden inside the hollow horse climbed out, opened the gates of Troy to their army, and seized the city. Described in Homer's Odyssey (VIII, 492-520) and Virgil's Ae-neid (II, 45-49).
Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь. — М.: ACT-ПРЕСС КНИГА. С.И. Лубенская. 2004.