Expressing English expressions that you don’t understand

You can’t see or listen anymore, so you can only face the wall? It feels so difficult! It’s so profound! But do you know how to say it in English if you don’t understand? Follow me and learn it .

English expressions for expressing incomprehension:

1. Hard/heavy going

There is a phrase in English called hard/heavy going, for example: The report is pretty hard going. (This report is too difficult to understand!)

2. Double Dutch

It means that a certain language is difficult for you to understand, or some words are incomprehensible, that’s fine Use double Dutch to describe it, such as: It was all double Dutch to me. (I really don’t understand.)

　3. Greek

Do you know Greek? If you do, just Congratulations! Because I guess most friends don’t know it. In English, Greek is usually used to mean “don’t understand”. For example: It's all Greek to me. (I don't understand it at all.)

　4. Over one's head

If something is over your head, it means it has escaped your understanding. category. This is what "over one's head" means in English. For example: That joke went right over my head. (I didn’t understand that joke.)

5. Not make head or/nor tail of sth.

This is the head again. It's the tail, and you don't understand any of it, or you can't understand it at all, you can use Not make head or/nor tail of sth. For example: I couldn't make heads or tails of her reaction. (I couldn't understand her reaction. )

Related examples of not understanding:

1. I really couldn't fathom what Steiner was talking about.

I really don't understand what Steiner is talking about.

2. It was hard to say why the man deserved such shabby treatment.

I really don’t understand why this man deserved such unfair treatment.

3. I can't understand why we're trying to ram Shakespeare down their throats.

I can't understand why we're trying to ram Shakespeare down their throats.

4. How you can be so insensitive absolutely beats me.

I really don’t understand how you can be so insensitive.

5. I couldn't understand a sodding thing!

I couldn't understand a fucking thing!

6. Their argument was too metaphysical for me to follow.

Their debate was too profound for me to understand.

7. She was genuinely mystified by her success.

She was really

8. I never understood why he didn't just accede to our demands at the outset.

I never understood why he didn't just accede to our demands at the outset. Agree to our request from the beginning.

9. That'show it was in my day and I fail to see why it should be different now.

That's how I was then, I fail to see why it should be different now. Make it different.

10. If you had never seen a telly ad, you would be all at sea with popular culture.

If you had never seen a telly ad, you would not understand anything. It's popular culture.

11. Don't confuse me with technicalities ? all I need to know is how to turn the machine on and off.

I don't understand the detailed technology, don't talk about it , all I want to know is how to turn the machine on and off.

12. I really couldn't fathom what he was talking about.

I really couldn't fathom what he was talking about.

13. "What's gone with that boy, I wonder?

? What's wrong with that boy, I really don't understand?

14. Alex wondered sometimes about the relationship between Edwina and her husband.

Sometimes, Alex just can’t figure out how Edwina and her husband came to be a couple.

15 . The boy is in a fog about his school work.

The boy doesn’t understand his homework at all.