Sorry I was trying to be too clever. I mean that the things that they were saying were so complex that I was completely unable to understand a single word of i

Sorry I was trying to be too clever. I mean that the things that they were saying were so complex that I was completely unable to understand a single word of it. That's a bit over stated too, but the short version is that they confused me to the point that I didn't think I'd be able to make a valuable contribution to the project. To break down my phrasing above, "I know you're speaking English, but I don't know what you're saying" is a phrase I've heard used but I think it isn't common. Hope that helps. Basically it's a bad joke :)