Question

Greek to Me too difficult to understand; unknown

Accepted Answer

The computer saleswoman explained how to install the CD-ROM, but it was Greek to me. William Shakespeare used this phrase in one of his plays, Julius Caesar. In the play, which takes places in 44 b.c., a Roman who spoke only Latin said that he had heard another man speaking Greek, but he could not understand what he was saying. It was "Greek to him." The expression caught on. Today, if you don't understand something you've heard or read because it is so complicated or technical, then it's "Greek to you."

Idiom	Greek to Me
Example	The computer saleswoman explained how to install the CD-ROM, but it was Greek to me.
Meaning	too difficult to understand; unknown
Origin	William Shakespeare used this phrase in one of his plays, Julius Caesar. In the play, which takes places in 44 b.c., a Roman who spoke only Latin said that he had heard another man speaking Greek, but he could not understand what he was saying. It was "Greek to him." The expression caught on. Today, if you don't understand something you've heard or read because it is so complicated or technical, then it's "Greek to you."

Greek Heard Understand Computer Saleswoman Explained Install Cd Rom