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"etymology_text": "First quoted as “it was Greek to me” in Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, maybe translated from a Medieval Latin sentence.",
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"text": "I tried reading the instructions, but it’s all Greek to me.",
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{
"ref": "1904, George M. Fenn, The Ocean Cat's Paw",
"text": "“Look here, Mr. Count,” he said; “I am only a rough Englishman, and a lot of what you have been saying about mission and that sort of thing is just so much Greek to me.”",
"type": "quotation"
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"ref": "1965, Harry Ray Bannister, The Education of a Broadcaster, page 16",
"text": "Cavanaugh explained the network-affiliate relationship, which of course was all Greek to me and remained so even after his explanation.",
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{
"ref": "2004, Jacob Taubes, The Political Theology of Paul, page 99",
"text": "[…]it was expected of me, or it was considered an honor, to lecture on seventeenth-century philosophy: Descartes (which was all Greek to me), Descartes to Spinoza.",
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"I don't understand any of it; it makes no sense."
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"(idiomatic) I don't understand any of it; it makes no sense."
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"word": "it's all Chinese to me"
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"word": "(I can’t) make head or tail of"
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{
"word": "double Dutch"
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{
"word": "it's Greek to me"
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{
"word": "that's Greek to me"
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{
"word": "that's all Greek to me"
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"translations": [
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "يَتَحَدَّثْ بِٱللُّغَة ٱلصِّينِيَّة (yataḥaddaṯ bi-l-luḡa(t) ṣ-ṣīniyya, literally “speaking in Chinese”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"note": "դա ինձ համար չինարեն է (da inj hamar čʻinaren ē, literally “it's Chinese to me”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"note": "դրանից բան չեմ հասկանում (dranicʻ ban čʻem haskanum, literally “I don't understand any of this”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "cbk",
"lang": "Chavacano",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "Aleman ese comigo"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "一竅不通"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīqiàobùtōng",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "一窍不通"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "一無所知"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīwúsuǒzhī",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "一无所知"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "完全不懂 (wánquán bùdǒng, literally “not understand at all”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Kànqǐlái xiàng tiān shū",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "看起来像天书"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Zhè shì guǐhuàfú ma",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "这是鬼画符吗"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Tīngqǐlái xiàng niǎoyǔ",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "听起来像鸟语"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "火星文 (Huǒxīng wén, literally “Martian language”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "to je pro mě španělská vesnice"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "španělská vesnice"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "rent volapyk"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "det er græsk for mig"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "en by i Rusland"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "dat is Chinees voor mij"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "ik versta er geen bal van"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "ĝi estas por mi volapukaĵo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "se on minulle täyttä hepreaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "c’est du chinois"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "c’est de l’hébreu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "c’est du russe"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "c’est du javanais"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"note": "ჩინურია ჩემთვის (činuria čemtvis, literally “Chinese to me”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "ich verstehe nur Bahnhof"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "das sind für mich böhmische Dörfer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "das ist Chinesisch für mich (alles)"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "jemand spricht spanisch"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "είναι κινέζικα για μένα (eínai kinézika gia ména, literally “it's Chinese to me”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "δεν καταλαβαίνω γρι (den katalavaíno gri, literally “I don't even understand a bit”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "αυτά μου φαίνονται κινέζικα (aftá mou faínontai kinézika, literally “it seems Chinese to me”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"note": "શું હું ફારસી બોલું છું (śũ hũ phārsī bolũ chũ, literally “am I speaking Persian?”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"note": "זֶה סִינִית בִּשְׁבִילִי (ze sínit bishvilí, literally “it's Chinese to me”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "क्या मैं फ़ारसी बोल रहा हूँ (kyā ma͠i fārsī bol rahā hū̃, literally “am I speaking Persian?”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "ez nekem kínai"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "ez nekem kínaiul van"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "þetta er hebreska fyrir mér"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "itu bahasa planet"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "bahasa planet"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "bahasa dewa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "per me è arabo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "non ci capisco un tubo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "è ostrogoto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "珍紛漢だ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "珍糞漢だ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "陳奮翰だ (ちんぷんかんだ, chinpunkan da, literally “it's gibberish”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "珍紛漢紛だ (ちんぷんかんぷんだ, chinpunkanpun da, literally “it's gibberish”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"note": "ខ្ញុំមិនយល់សោះ (khnhommĭnyôlsaŏh, literally “I don't understand”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "횡설수설이다 (hoengseolsuseorida, literally “it's gibberish”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "graecum est; nōn legitur"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "graeca sunt; nōn leguntur"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"note": "шпанско село (špansko selo, literally “Spanish village”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "det er helt gresk for meg"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "det er gresk for meg"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "det er heilt gresk for meg"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "det er gresk for meg"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "to dla mnie chińszczyzna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "para mim você está falando grego"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "isto é chinês para mim"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"note": "ਕੀ ਮੈਂ ਫਾਰਸੀ ਬੋਲਦਾ ਪਿਆਂ (kī maĩ phārsī boldā piā̃, literally “am I speaking Persian?”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "e chineză pentru mine"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "китайская грамота (kitajskaja gramota, literally “Chinese writing”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "по-евре́йски (po-jevréjski, literally “in Jewish, in a Jewish way”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"tags": [
"attributive"
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},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "шпа̑нска сѐла"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "špȃnska sèla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "me suena a chino"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "esto es chino para mí"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "no entiendo ni jota"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "no entiendo ni papa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "det är rena grekiskan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "parang intsik"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"note": "เป็นสิ่งที่ฉันไม่เข้าใจ (bpen sìng têe chăn mâi kâo jai, literally “it's something I don't understand”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"note": "ฉันไม่เข้าใจอะไรเลย (chǎn mâi kâo jai à rai ləəi, literally “I don't understand anything”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "bir şey anladıysam Arap olayım"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"note": "Це для мене китайська грамота (Ce dlja mene kytajsʹka hramota, literally “That's Chinese writing to me”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "nói tiếng Miên"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "nói tiếng Lào"
}
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"Shakespeare",
"it's all Greek to me"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"note": "يَتَحَدَّثْ بِٱللُّغَة ٱلصِّينِيَّة (yataḥaddaṯ bi-l-luḡa(t) ṣ-ṣīniyya, literally “speaking in Chinese”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"note": "դա ինձ համար չինարեն է (da inj hamar čʻinaren ē, literally “it's Chinese to me”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"note": "դրանից բան չեմ հասկանում (dranicʻ ban čʻem haskanum, literally “I don't understand any of this”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "cbk",
"lang": "Chavacano",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "Aleman ese comigo"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "一竅不通"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīqiàobùtōng",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "一窍不通"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "一無所知"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yīwúsuǒzhī",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "一无所知"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "完全不懂 (wánquán bùdǒng, literally “not understand at all”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Kànqǐlái xiàng tiān shū",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "看起来像天书"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Zhè shì guǐhuàfú ma",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "这是鬼画符吗"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "Tīngqǐlái xiàng niǎoyǔ",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "听起来像鸟语"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"note": "火星文 (Huǒxīng wén, literally “Martian language”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "to je pro mě španělská vesnice"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "španělská vesnice"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "rent volapyk"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "det er græsk for mig"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "en by i Rusland"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "dat is Chinees voor mij"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "ik versta er geen bal van"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "ĝi estas por mi volapukaĵo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "se on minulle täyttä hepreaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "c’est du chinois"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "c’est de l’hébreu"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "c’est du russe"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "c’est du javanais"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"note": "ჩინურია ჩემთვის (činuria čemtvis, literally “Chinese to me”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "ich verstehe nur Bahnhof"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "das sind für mich böhmische Dörfer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "das ist Chinesisch für mich (alles)"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "jemand spricht spanisch"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "είναι κινέζικα για μένα (eínai kinézika gia ména, literally “it's Chinese to me”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "δεν καταλαβαίνω γρι (den katalavaíno gri, literally “I don't even understand a bit”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"note": "αυτά μου φαίνονται κινέζικα (aftá mou faínontai kinézika, literally “it seems Chinese to me”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "gu",
"lang": "Gujarati",
"note": "શું હું ફારસી બોલું છું (śũ hũ phārsī bolũ chũ, literally “am I speaking Persian?”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"note": "זֶה סִינִית בִּשְׁבִילִי (ze sínit bishvilí, literally “it's Chinese to me”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"note": "क्या मैं फ़ारसी बोल रहा हूँ (kyā ma͠i fārsī bol rahā hū̃, literally “am I speaking Persian?”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "ez nekem kínai"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "ez nekem kínaiul van"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "þetta er hebreska fyrir mér"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "itu bahasa planet"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "bahasa planet"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "bahasa dewa"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "per me è arabo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "non ci capisco un tubo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "è ostrogoto"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "珍紛漢だ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "珍糞漢だ"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "陳奮翰だ (ちんぷんかんだ, chinpunkan da, literally “it's gibberish”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"note": "珍紛漢紛だ (ちんぷんかんぷんだ, chinpunkanpun da, literally “it's gibberish”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"note": "ខ្ញុំមិនយល់សោះ (khnhommĭnyôlsaŏh, literally “I don't understand”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"note": "횡설수설이다 (hoengseolsuseorida, literally “it's gibberish”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "graecum est; nōn legitur"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "graeca sunt; nōn leguntur"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"note": "шпанско село (špansko selo, literally “Spanish village”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "det er helt gresk for meg"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "det er gresk for meg"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "det er heilt gresk for meg"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "det er gresk for meg"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "to dla mnie chińszczyzna"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "para mim você está falando grego"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "isto é chinês para mim"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"note": "ਕੀ ਮੈਂ ਫਾਰਸੀ ਬੋਲਦਾ ਪਿਆਂ (kī maĩ phārsī boldā piā̃, literally “am I speaking Persian?”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "e chineză pentru mine"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "китайская грамота (kitajskaja gramota, literally “Chinese writing”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "по-евре́йски (po-jevréjski, literally “in Jewish, in a Jewish way”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"tags": [
"attributive"
]
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "шпа̑нска сѐла"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "špȃnska sèla"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "me suena a chino"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "esto es chino para mí"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "no entiendo ni jota"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "no entiendo ni papa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "det är rena grekiskan"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "parang intsik"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"note": "เป็นสิ่งที่ฉันไม่เข้าใจ (bpen sìng têe chăn mâi kâo jai, literally “it's something I don't understand”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"note": "ฉันไม่เข้าใจอะไรเลย (chǎn mâi kâo jai à rai ləəi, literally “I don't understand anything”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "bir şey anladıysam Arap olayım"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"note": "Це для мене китайська грамота (Ce dlja mene kytajsʹka hramota, literally “That's Chinese writing to me”)",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "nói tiếng Miên"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "I don’t understand any of it",
"word": "nói tiếng Lào"
}
],
"word": "it's all Greek to me"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/611",
"msg": "suspicious translation with '; ': {'lang': 'Latin', 'code': 'la', 'sense': 'I don’t understand any of it', 'word': 'graecum est; nōn legitur'}",
"path": [
"it's all Greek to me"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "phrase",
"title": "it's all Greek to me",
"trace": ""
}
{
"called_from": "translations/611",
"msg": "suspicious translation with '; ': {'lang': 'Latin', 'code': 'la', 'sense': 'I don’t understand any of it', 'word': 'graeca sunt; nōn leguntur'}",
"path": [
"it's all Greek to me"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "phrase",
"title": "it's all Greek to me",
"trace": ""
}
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