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Sentence #249837

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 sysko sysko July 16, 2010 July 16, 2010 at 2:41:19 PM UTC link Permalink

English people don't say "that was all Greek to me" ?

blay_paul blay_paul July 16, 2010 July 16, 2010 at 8:15:11 PM UTC link Permalink

They do, but "all Chinese to me" is apparently also used (although not by me).

sysko sysko July 16, 2010 July 16, 2010 at 8:17:29 PM UTC link Permalink

ok thanks:)

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➜ #164671私にはちんぷんかんぷんでした。

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That was all Chinese to me.

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➜ #410330Das waren böhmische Dörfer für mich.

linked by xtofu80, June 23, 2010
➜ #426945Tout ça, c'était du chinois pour moi.

linked by sysko, July 16, 2010
➜ #561012Tio estis Volapuko por mi.

linked by Dejo, October 12, 2010
➜ #704975Dat was allemaal Chinees voor mij.

linked by LaraCroft, January 9, 2011
➜ #711672Ça, c'était du javanais pour moi.

linked by U2FS, January 15, 2011
➜ #711673对我来说这都是鸟语。

linked by U2FS, January 15, 2011
➜ #711674看起来这都是天书。

linked by U2FS, January 15, 2011
➜ #426943That was all Greek to me.

linked by shanghainese, January 15, 2011
➜ #711673对我来说这都是鸟语。

unlinked by shanghainese, January 15, 2011
➜ #713790看上去搿眼侪像天书咖。

linked by U2FS, January 17, 2011
➜ #1531682זה היה סינית בשבילי.

linked by shanghainese, April 14, 2012
➜ #1727466Для меня это была китайская грамота.

linked by marafon, July 26, 2012
➜ #426943That was all Greek to me.

unlinked by CK, April 20, 2016
➜ #5688549મારા માટે કાળા અક્ષર કુવાડે માર્યા બરાબર.

linked by Rav, December 16, 2016
➜ #3309325Ez nekem kínai volt.

linked by jegaevi, June 16, 2019