it's all Greek to me

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• /ɪts ˌɔːl ˈɡɹiːk tə ˌmiː/
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First quoted as it was Greek to me in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, possibly translated from a sentence in Medieval Latin.

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Azerbaijani: erməni budaq cümləsi — I don’t understand any of it
• Chavacano: Aleman ese comigo — I don’t understand any of it
• Chinese Mandarin: 一竅不通 /一窍不通 (yīqiàobùtōng) — I don’t understand any of it
• Chinese Mandarin: 一無所知 /一无所知 (yīwúsuǒzhī) — I don’t understand any of it
• Chinese Mandarin: 看起来像天书 (Kànqǐlái xiàng tiān shū) — I don’t understand any of it
• Chinese Mandarin: 这是鬼画符吗 (Zhè shì guǐhuàfú ma) — I don’t understand any of it
• Chinese Mandarin: 听起来像鸟语 (Tīngqǐlái xiàng niǎoyǔ) — I don’t understand any of it
• Czech: to je pro mě španělská vesnice — I don’t understand any of it
• Czech: španělská vesnice — I don’t understand any of it
• Danish: rent volapyk — I don’t understand any of it
• Danish: det er græsk for mig — I don’t understand any of it
• Danish: en by i Rusland — I don’t understand any of it
• Dutch: dat is Chinees voor mij — I don’t understand any of it
• Dutch: ik versta er geen bal van — I don’t understand any of it
• Esperanto: Tio estas volapukaĵo — I don’t understand any of it
• Finnish: se on minulle täyttä hepreaa — I don’t understand any of it
• French: c'est du chinois — I don’t understand any of it
• French: c'est de l'hébreu — I don’t understand any of it
• French: c'est du russe — I don’t understand any of it
• French: c'est du javanais — I don’t understand any of it
• German: ich verstehe nur Bahnhof — I don’t understand any of it
• German: das sind für mich böhmische Dörfer — I don’t understand any of it
• German: das ist Chinesisch für mich (alles) — I don’t understand any of it
• German: jemand spricht spanisch — I don’t understand any of it
• Hungarian: ez nekem kínai — I don’t understand any of it
• Hungarian: ez nekem kínaiul van — I don’t understand any of it
• Icelandic: þetta er hebreska fyrir mér — I don’t understand any of it
• Indonesian: itu bahasa planet — I don’t understand any of it
• Indonesian: bahasa planet — I don’t understand any of it
• Indonesian: bahasa dewa — I don’t understand any of it
• Italian: per me è arabo — I don’t understand any of it
• Italian: non ci capisco un tubo — I don’t understand any of it
• Italian: è ostrogoto — I don’t understand any of it
• Japanese: 珍紛漢だ — I don’t understand any of it
• Japanese: 珍糞漢だ — I don’t understand any of it
• Latin: graecum est; nōn legitur — I don’t understand any of it
• Latin: graeca sunt; nōn leguntur — I don’t understand any of it
• Norwegian Bokmål: det er helt gresk for meg — I don’t understand any of it
• Norwegian Bokmål: det er gresk for meg — I don’t understand any of it
• Norwegian Nynorsk: det er heilt gresk for meg — I don’t understand any of it
• Norwegian Nynorsk: det er gresk for meg — I don’t understand any of it
• Polish: to dla mnie chińszczyzna — I don’t understand any of it
• Portuguese: para mim você está falando grego — I don’t understand any of it
• Portuguese: isto é chinês para mim — I don’t understand any of it
• Romanian: e chineză pentru mine — I don’t understand any of it
• Serbo-Croatian: шпа̑нска сѐла — I don’t understand any of it
• Serbo-Croatian: špȃnska sèla — I don’t understand any of it
• Spanish: me suena a chino — I don’t understand any of it
• Spanish: esto es chino para mí — I don’t understand any of it
• Spanish: no entiendo ni jota — I don’t understand any of it
• Spanish: no entiendo ni papa — I don’t understand any of it
• Swedish: det är rena grekiskan — I don’t understand any of it
• Tagalog: parang intsik — I don’t understand any of it
• Turkish: bir şey anladıysam Arap olayım — I don’t understand any of it
• Vietnamese: nói tiếng Miên — I don’t understand any of it
• Vietnamese: nói tiếng Lào — I don’t understand any of it