Greek to me
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(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!
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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.
Endangered Phrases by Steven D. Price Copyright © 2011 by Steven D. Price