it’s all Greek to me in Englisch

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  "categories": [
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Englisch",
      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    },
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    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Roter Audiolink",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
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    },
    {
      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
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    },
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      "kind": "other",
      "name": "Siehe auch",
      "orig": "siehe auch",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "it’s all Greek to me",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
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        {
          "text": "I tried reading the instructions, but it’s all Greek to me."
        }
      ],
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        "das ist griechisch für mich, ich verstehe nur Bahnhof"
      ],
      "id": "de-it’s_all_Greek_to_me-en-phrase-NFBozfaa",
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "ɪts ɔːl ˈɡɹiːk tə ˌmiː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-it's all Greek to me.ogg",
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  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "das ist griechisch für mich, ich verstehe nur Bahnhof",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ich verstehe nur Bahnhof"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Französisch",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "das ist griechisch für mich, ich verstehe nur Bahnhof",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "c’est de l’hébreu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "it’s all Greek to me"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Englisch",
    "Redewendung (Englisch)",
    "Roter Audiolink",
    "Rückläufige Wörterliste (Englisch)",
    "Wiktionary:Audio-Datei",
    "siehe auch"
  ],
  "hyphenation": "it’s all Greek to me",
  "lang": "Englisch",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "pos_title": "Redewendung",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I tried reading the instructions, but it’s all Greek to me."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "das ist griechisch für mich, ich verstehe nur Bahnhof"
      ],
      "sense_index": "1"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "ɪts ɔːl ˈɡɹiːk tə ˌmiː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-it's all Greek to me.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/99/En-us-it's_all_Greek_to_me.ogg/En-us-it's_all_Greek_to_me.ogg.mp3",
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    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "Deutsch",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "das ist griechisch für mich, ich verstehe nur Bahnhof",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "ich verstehe nur Bahnhof"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Französisch",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "das ist griechisch für mich, ich verstehe nur Bahnhof",
      "sense_index": "1",
      "word": "c’est de l’hébreu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "it’s all Greek to me"
}

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"it’s all Greek to me" meaning in Englisch

Phrase