adj.
of a chemical compound having a ring with ten members

that's (all) Greek to me Idiom, Proverb

a bad time

a lot of teasing, a rough time The class gave him a bad time about his pink shorts.

a bit off/a bit mental

not rational, unbalanced, one brick short Kate talks to the birds. Do you think she's a bit off?

a bummer

an unfortunate event, bad luck, too bad """Somebody broke a window in his car and stole his stereo."" ""That's a bummer."""

a crying shame

a sad event, it is too bad It's a crying shame that they didn't have fire insurance.

a dime a dozen

very cheap, low priced, dirt cheap He can remember when eggs were cheap - a dime a dozen.

a game one

a willing player, a rough and ready person I can see that Bev's a game one. She plays hard and doesn't quit.

a hard time

teasing or bugging, a bad time Ken will give you a hard time about missing that free throw.

a household name

"a name everyone knows; name of a famous person" Mario Lemieux, the hockey star, soon became a household name.

a little bird told me

someone told me, one of your friends told me """How did you know that I play chess?"" ""Oh, a little bird told me."""

a mental block

a problem with learning a subject or concept I have a mental block when I try to do algebra. I can't think.

that's (all) Greek to me

cliché That ability as able-bodied be a adopted language, because I don't accept it at all. The byword comes from Shakespeare's comedy Julius Caesar. A: "I've got some tax forms you charge to ample out." B: "Would you apperception accomplishing them? That's all Greek to me!"Learn more: Greek, to

Greek to me, it's/that's (all)

It is absolutely unintelligible; I don’t understand. This term, acclimated by ancestors of schoolchildren, was coined by Shakespeare in Julius Caesar (1.2), area the abettor Casca says of Cicero’s speech, “For abundance own part, it was Greek to me.” In the comedy Cicero absolutely batten in Greek, in adjustment to anticipate some bodies from understanding, but the appellation anon was transferred to annihilation unintelligible and has been so acclimated anytime since.Learn more: Greek, to

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a lot on the ball a love tap a lucky break a lucky streak a major a man of few words a man of the cloth a marked man a mental block a month of Sundays a nail-biter a necktie party a new broom sweeps clean a new lease on life a notch below a nut case A-OK that there that train (has) already left the station that train has left the station that very thing that was it that was then, and this is now That was then. This is now. that way that way lies madness that way madness lies that went down a treat that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger that will be the day that will do that will do it that will never do! that would be telling that/(one's) time of the month That-a-boy! Thatcher's children that'll be the day That'll be the day! that'll teach that'll teach (one) ((not) to do something) That'll teach someone that's (all) Greek to me that's (just) how it goes that's (just) the way it goes that's (just) the way it is that's (just) the way it plays that's (just) too much that's (someone or something) for you that's (someone) all over that's (someone's) problem that's a fine how-de-do that's a fine how-do-you-do that's a game that two can play that's a good one that's a new one that's a new one on me That's a new one on me! that's a pity that's a shame that's a tall order that's a turn-up for the book(s) that's a wrap that's about all that's about all/it that's about it that's about the size of it that's all