German idioms
What does “Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof” mean?
Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof
Word for word
I only understand railway station
What it really means
I have not understood a single thing that was said. Used in the face of confusing or overly technical explanations.
How we say it in English
It's all Greek to me
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