Definition of are greek to them

be greek to

verb - transitive

• to be unintelligible.

  It's Greek to me.

  Last edited on May 04 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'be':
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
BBL	Definitions include: acronym for "be back later".
be a cold day in hell when	Definitions include: never.
be a dot	Definitions include: to be leaving.
be all about	Definitions include: to devote a significant amount of one's time too.
be all ears	Definitions include: to be prepared to listen intently.
be-all end-all, the	Definitions include: the best.
be all in the same boat	Definitions include: to be in a bad situation along with others.
be all over	Definitions include: to do something with vigor.
be ars*d	Definitions include: be bothered.
be dead meat	Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
be dog meat	Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
be easy	Definitions include: "goodbye".
be fender meat	Definitions include: to be dead.
be half bad	Definitions include: to be okay or good.
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Other terms relating to 'greek':
Greek	Definitions include: Anal sex.
greek sex	Definitions include: anal sex.
greek to me	Definitions include: Can't understand something. Confused.
Other terms relating to 'to':
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
9 to 5	Definitions include: See nine to five.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
add insult to injury	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
all your base are belong to us	Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority.
*ss-to-mouth	Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio.
back to (one's) roots	Definitions include: to revisit one's past.
back to square one	Definitions include: to go back to the beginning.
balls to the wall	Definitions include: extreme; "all out".
beat all to hell	Definitions include: to be vastly superior.
beat to the punch	Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else.
be up to	Definitions include: to do.
bigger fish to fry	Definitions include: more important things to deal with.
blow to hell	Definitions include: to kill or destroy.
blow to smithereens	Definitions include: to blow up into bits.
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