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it's all Greek to me

/ɪts ˌɔːl ˈɡɹiːk tə ˌmiː/

it's all Greek to me phrase: i don't understand any of it; it makes no sense.

it's all greek to me: i don't understand any of it; it makes no sense
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Phrase

it's all Greek to me

  1. (idiomatic) I don't understand any of it; it makes no sense.
    • I tried reading the instructions, but it’s all Greek to me.
    • But thoſe that vnderſtood him, ſmil'd at one another, and ſhooke their heads: but for mine owne part, it was Greeke to me.1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    Synonyms:
    it's all Chinese to me, (I can’t) make head or tail of, double Dutch

it's all Greek to me meaning in Tagalog, Indonesian and Vietnamese

it's all Greek to me in Tagalog

I don’t understand any of it
parang intsik

it's all Greek to me in Indonesian

I don’t understand any of it
itu bahasa planet, bahasa planet, bahasa dewa

it's all Greek to me in Vietnamese

I don’t understand any of it
nói tiếng Miên, nói tiếng Lào

Synonyms of it's all Greek to me

Forms of it's all Greek to me

alternative formit's Greek to me
alternative formthat's Greek to me
alternative formthat's all Greek to me

Origin of it's all Greek to me

First quoted as it was Greek to me in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, possibly translated from a sentence in Medieval Latin.

Questions about it's all Greek to me

What does it's all Greek to me mean?
It's all Greek to me means i don't understand any of it; it makes no sense.
What is it's all Greek to me in Tagalog?
It's all Greek to me in Tagalog is parang intsik. See It's all Greek to me meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is it's all Greek to me?
It's all Greek to me is a phrase.
How do you pronounce it's all Greek to me?
It's all Greek to me is pronounced /ɪts ˌɔːl ˈɡɹiːk tə ˌmiː/.

Words near it's all Greek to me in the dictionary

  1. it's all Chinese to me
  2. it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye
  3. it's all g
  4. it's all go
  5. it's all good
  6. it's all Greek to me
  7. it's all over my screen
  8. it's all over the screen
  9. it's all relative
  10. it's an emergency
  11. it's an ill bird that fouls its own nest

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