Phrases

[Andythebatch]

What phrases refer to the Greeks

[xyzzy@bok]

'It's all Greek to me', 'Beware of Greeks bearing gifts', 'Up the Greek without a paddle'. :-)

[Quizmonster]

'The Greeks have/had a word for it.'

[strozzi]

It'll make your hair turn black !!
Grecian 2000

[mikewall01]

Greek meets Greek, meaning that equals meet.

[woofgang]

what's a grecian urn?

[Hippy]

It's all Greek to me!

[Hippy]

Sorry, xyzzy@bok, you already said that. Some more...

"A Greek God" meaning a beautiful male person (me me me??!!); "Greek and Latin are languages, as dead as dead could be. They killed the Greeks and Romans, and now they're killing me" from 2nd yr school Latin lessons; "Greek chorus" those onlookers who augment proceedings with chimed comments but take no real part in the action; "Greek Cross" a sort of cross symbol with smaller cross bits on the arms; "Greek Key" a linear square curl pattern used as a border, often on tiled floors or wall decoration; and finally NOT "Geek" meaning a studious and possibly boring person, which is derved from a similar word in Dutch.

[JohnPPotts]

The "Greeks bearing gifts" phrase comes from Virgil's Aeneid (Timeor Danae et dona ferentes), and is better translated as "I FEAR Greeks (even) bearing gifts" [timeo = to fear] - wisely said, as the gift in question was the Trojan horse, bringing doom to Troy.

[football]

A variation of woofgang: What's a Greek, Ern? About �2 a day. (quote Eric Morecombe& Ernie Wise). Play-on-words I suppose; Ern, Urn, Earn.