Foreign Phrases Commonly Used in English
 
Phrases of Greek Origin
 
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Language Phrase Meaning
Greek bathos anticlimax
Greek Eureka! I’ve found it!
Greek hoi polloi the masses
Greek hubris pride, arrogance
Greek nemesis retribution