(it's all) Greek to (one)
(it's all) Greek to (one)
cliché (It is) completely unintelligible, as if it is written in a language that one does not speak. The phrase comes from Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar. Mom said these instructions are Greek to her and that we should show them to Dad. A: "Can you understand this error message?" B: "Sorry, Greek to me. You'd better ask one of the programmers."
See also: Greek
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
Greek to (someone)
incomprehensible to someone; as mysterious as Greek writing. I don't understand this. It's all Greek to me. She said it was Greek to her, and that it made no sense at all.
See also: Greek
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
Greek to someone
n. something incomprehensible to someone; something as mysterious as Greek writing. I don’t understand this. It’s all Greek to me.
See also: Greek, someone
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- Greek
- Greek to
- Greek to someone
- it's all Greek to me
- (it's) (all) Greek to me
- be all Greek to someone
- Greek to me
- Greek to me, it's
- (good) black don't crack
- customer is always right