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

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Phrase

IPA: \ɪts ɔːl ˈɡɹiːk tə ˌmiː\, \ɪts ɔːl ˈɡɹiːk tə ˌmiː\, ɪts ɔl ˈɡɹiːk tə ˌmiː Audio: En-us-it's all Greek to me.ogg , En-au-it's all Greek to me.ogg
  1. C’est de l’hébreu, c’est du chinois, c’est du russe, c’est du javanais.
    Sense id: fr-it’s_all_Greek_to_me-en-phrase-q4pCwkEd Categories (other): Exemples en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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    "Cité pour la première fois comme « c'était du grec pour moi » dans Jules César de William Shakespeare, peut-être traduit d'une phrase de latin médiéval."
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          "text": "I tried reading the instructions, but it’s all Greek to me.",
          "translation": "J’ai essayé de lire les instructions, mais c’est de l’hébreu pour moi."
        }
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      "ipa": "\\ɪts ɔːl ˈɡɹiːk tə ˌmiː\\"
    },
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      "ipa": "\\ɪts ɔːl ˈɡɹiːk tə ˌmiː\\"
    },
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      "audio": "En-us-it's all Greek to me.ogg",
      "ipa": "ɪts ɔl ˈɡɹiːk tə ˌmiː",
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    "Cité pour la première fois comme « c'était du grec pour moi » dans Jules César de William Shakespeare, peut-être traduit d'une phrase de latin médiéval."
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          "text": "I tried reading the instructions, but it’s all Greek to me.",
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        }
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        "C’est de l’hébreu, c’est du chinois, c’est du russe, c’est du javanais."
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