all greek to me meaning
noting or pertaining to the alphabetical script derived from a Semitic form of writing, employing some letters that originally represented consonants for use as vowel sounds, which was used from about the beginning of the first millennium b.c. for the writing of Greek, and from which the Latin, Cyrillic, and other alphabets were derived. Definition and synonyms of it’s (all) Greek to me from the online English dictionary from Macmillan Publishers Limited. © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009–2018 Index the language of the ancient Greeks and any of the languages that have developed from it, as Hellenistic Greek, Biblical Greek, the Koine, and Modern Greek. Abbreviation: Gk, Gk. 6. Searches: 1  google:it's all Greek to me - 125,000 hits. 2  google:it's Greek to me - 160,000 hits. 3  google:it's all Greek to him - 39,500 hits. 4  google:it's Greek to him - 146,000 hits. 5  google:it's all Greek to you - 18,300 hits. 6  google:it's Greek to you - 55,600 hits. Talk:it's all Greek to me. 1  google:it's all Greek to me - 125,000 hits. 2  google:it's Greek to me - 160,000 hits. 3  google:it's all Greek to him - 39,500 hits. 4  google:it's Greek to him - 146,000 hits. 5  google:it's all Greek to you - 18,300 hits. 6  google:it's Greek to you - 55,600 hits. I understand the phrase it's all Greek to me as I don't understand a word from the phrase, sentence or schematic, as I lack the knowledge of the language or domain rather than it is a pile of gibberish that no one in their right mind could possibly decipher. Searches: google:it's all Greek to me - 125,000 hits Only 2 are of it's all Greek to me. Greek to me is 11; all Greek to me is 5. Getting the comparable statistics from BNC is left as an exercise for the diligent reader. I don’t understand any of it; it makes no sense.. Greek, sense 3: Nonsense talk or writing; gibberish., with the example sentence it's all Greek to me.. One could just as well say it's meaningless to me or it's gibberish to me, with the same meaning. Seems like this is entirely SoP. Greek, sense 3: Nonsense talk or writing; gibberish., with the example sentence it's all Greek to me. One could just as well say it's meaningless to me or it's gibberish to me, with the same meaning. Seems like this is entirely SoP. --Yair rand 18:56, 10 January 2010 (UTC) No keep. Maybe rename but this seems idiomatic to me. Ways of saying that you do not know or understand: not that I know of, don’t ask me, your guess is as good as mine... Explore Thesaurus This is the British English definition of it’s (all) Greek to me. View American English definition of it’s (all) Greek to me. Change your default dictionary to American English.
The meaning of all Greek to me is nonsense talk or writing.