Word.ws English Dictionary

it's Greek to me

it's Greek to me is the alternative form of it's all Greek to me.

Meaning of it's all Greek to me

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.
    Synonyms:
    it's all Chinese to me, (I can’t) make head or tail of, double Dutch

Questions about it's Greek to me

What is it's Greek to me the alternative form of?
It's Greek to me is the alternative form of it's all Greek to me.

Words near it's Greek to me in the dictionary

  1. it's early days
  2. it's easier to ask forgiveness than to get permission
  3. it's everywhere
  4. it's five o'clock somewhere
  5. it's going
  6. it's Greek to me
  7. it's grim up north
  8. it's lonely at the top
  9. it's never too late to mend
  10. it's no use
  11. it's none of your business

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: it's Greek to me (page history and authors); it's all Greek to me (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “it's Greek to me.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/it%27s_greek_to_me. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.