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| English | Russian |
| bear the brunt of | принимать основной удар (The island is bearing the brunt of the storm. VLZ_58) |
| beware of Greeks bearing gifts | бойтесь данайцев, дары приносящих (Meaning: Don't trust your enemies. Origin: An allusion to the story of the wooden horse of Troy, used by the Greeks to trick their way into the city. It is recorded in Virgil's Aeneid, Book 2, 19 BC:) |