English Explanatory Dictionary

it's all Greek to me

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. I don't understand any of it; it makes no sense.

Pronunciation

/ɪts ˌɔːl ˈɡɹiːk tə ˌmiː/ en-us-it's all Greek to me.ogg en-au-it's all Greek to me.ogg

Word forms

it's all Greek to me it's Greek to me that's Greek to me that's all Greek to me

Etymology

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

Synonyms

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