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Explaining "It's Greek to me"

Reviewed and edited by Anwar Kareem 07/11/2024, 20:27
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What does it mean?

It's Greek to me

The phrase "It's Greek to me" means that something is difficult to understand or incomprehensible, similar to how an unfamiliar language might be.

Tone

Confused or bewildered

Origin

The phrase originates from William Shakespeare's play "Julius Caesar" (1599), where the character Casca says it after not understanding something written in Greek.

Examples of usage

  • I tried to read the instructions for assembling the furniture, but honestly, it's all Greek to me.
  • When she started talking about quantum physics, it was Greek to me.

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