Buch mit sieben Siegeln

German

Etymology

Buch (“book”) + mit (“with”) + sieben (“seven”) + Siegel (“seal”), "seven seals"

Phrase

Buch mit sieben Siegeln

  1. (book with) seven seals (Christian concept)
  2. something considered very hard to understand
    Christliche Mythologie ist ein Buch mit sieben Siegeln für mich.
    Christian mythology is a book with seven seals to me. (sense: I don't know anything about Christian mythology.)
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