used to convey that you cannot understand what is being said or written
something meaningless and incomprehensible to you
something that you do not understand
Don’t try to explain the technicalities of how this machine works; it would be all Greek to me.
He tried to explain the rules of the game to me, but it was all Greek to me.
My friends were having a discussion about the future if the financial markets, but it was all Greek to me.
My wife and brother both work in the IT industry, and when they start with their technical talk, it’s all Greek to me.
I tried reading that science journal, but it was all Greek to me.
There is no origin for this idiom
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