Greek to me
(it's) (all) Greek to me
cliché This might as well be a foreign language, because I don't understand it at all. The phrase comes from Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. Can you make sense of these instructions? It's all Greek to me!
See also: Greek
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Greek to me
Unintelligible, as in “I didn't understand a word he said—it was all Greek to me.” Shakespeare said it best in this exchange from Julius Caesar: Cassius: Did Cicero say any thing? Casca: Aye, he spoke Greek. Cassius: To what effect? Casca: Nay, an' I tell you that, I'll ne'er look you i' the face again: but those that understood him smiled at one another and shook their heads; but, for mine own part, it was Greek to me.
See also: Greek
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price
- (it's) (all) Greek to me
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- Greek to me, it's
- it's all Greek to me
- Greek to someone
- (it's all) Greek to (one)
- Greek
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- (good) black don't crack
- plot thickens