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Monday, July 6, 2015

Is It All Greek To You? Thank Medieval Monks, And The Bard, For The Phrase

Ben Zimmer, language columnist at The Wall Street Journal, explains the origin of "It's all Greek to me" — and shares a few variants from other languages.


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