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This book is written in Russian, and this is all Greek to me.
My comments:
To paraphrase:
This book is written in Russian, and I don’t understand a word of it.
Greek is the language of the people of Greece, which has a long rich history, and, in fact, is the cradle of European civilization or one of the cradles of European civilization. A lot of books in olden times were written in Greek, and not many foreign people understood them. Apparently in these situations, many a foreign scholar uttered helplessly: “My, it’s all Greek to me.”
In other words, it’s a foreign language.
Hence the phrase: All Greek to me, meaning something you read is foreign and incomprehensible.
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本文僅代表作者本人觀點，與本網(wǎng)立場無關(guān)。歡迎大家討論學(xué)術(shù)問題，尊重他人，禁止人身攻擊和發(fā)布一切違反國家現(xiàn)行法律法規(guī)的內(nèi)容。
About the author:
Zhang Xin（張欣） has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.
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