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Greek to me

ADJECTIVE

abstruse

Synonyms

STRONGEST

esoteric perplexing

WEAK

abstract clear as dishwater complex complicated deep enigmatic heavy hidden incomprehensible intricate involved muddy obscure profound puzzling recondite subtle unfathomable vague

Antonyms

WEAK

clear concrete easy lucid obvious plain simple

Example Sentences

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“He presses the point and asks if she’ll ‘wed’ him, at which point she pretends not to understand him at all: ‘Tis Greek to me, my Lord’ is her final reply.”

From The Guardian • Sep. 6, 2016

So many engravings looked like so much Greek to me, so to speak.

From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2015

Ruby remained little more than Greek to me.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2012

Now when Brendon talks about what he’s learning, like high-yield bond spreads or what contango means for commodity prices, it’s still Greek to me, just a different kind.

From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2010

They conversed in Portuguese, which was Greek to me; soon the agent dived below and reappeared with the manifest of the passengers, and an enormous heap of passports.

From Bidwell's Travels, from Wall Street to London Prison Fifteen Years in Solitude by Bidwell, Austin

Greek to me

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