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it's all greek to me

I tried reading the instructions, but it’s all Greek to me..

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  • First quoted as “it was Greek to me” in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, maybe translated from a Medieval Latin sentence.
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I tried reading the instructions, but it’s all Greek to me..

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'it's all greek to me':

it's all greek to meI don’t understand any of it; it makes no sense..
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